Dali Llama say he see no harm whatsoever in healthy debate wherein honorable persons express differing opinions on those subjects.
GB say Dali be 100% correct. So long as opinions are expressed in a gentlemanly fashion those are acceptable topics of discussion. But when discussion on them or any topic reverts to the gutter and folks start calling each other names and making personal attacks, as opposed to disuccing the issues, things go too far.
So yeah they are acceptable topics here as long as site rules are followed in the discussion. Kinda back to the comments by Hext, it is a tad amazing to me that some seem to be able to discuss only topics regarding how bad it is elsewhere here. I have one forum that is now nearly dead except when another site goes down (which it seems to do often). Then a number of them come here to moan about it being down. They never seem to be able to open new discussion topcis just bemoan the fact that other is down. Bet Hext can guess which I'm talking about. :eek:
The ability of Men to speak freely has been dealt another swift blow
I wish to make no comments regarding decisions made on other sites but just in general wish to address the above quote.
Sites like this and Larry's are owned by individuals. Those individuals have the same right to decide the rules of decorum on them as you do in your own home. Even in America there are "some" limits to free speech and certainly the rights of one person end at the nose of another. You're not free to punch a person in the nose. That's not a right you have even here.
We as owners of sites have the right to limit what happens on them. I do it and so does most all I know of. Where there are totally no limits in place it results in the lowest worse of mankind that rises to the top there. Cussing and personal attacks and name calling just have no place in civilized society. If you want to do those gather in small groups where you aren't exposed to those who don't wish to be exposed and go at it. That's not here for sure.
Debate, argue, disagree all you wish. Discuss most any topic short of things illegal or having to do with sex acts and you'll likely be OK here. But revert to name calling, personal attacks or cussing and you'll find it gets ended real quick. There must be some decorum.