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  1. A new politics topic - please try and refrain from bringing up the "Americans are stupid, ignorant & fat" diatribe

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    Anyway, any ideas for topics? Aung San Suu Kyi and Burma? Obama's presidency?

    For me, there's a big argument in Australia going on over legalizing same sex marriage.
    Which is quite interesting, especially as going from the discussion on one of our big news websites most people have no idea and argue foolishly against it from a religious perspective and other simply are for it because they think they're well-adjusted, educated, intellectuals and consider the other side to be religious nuts and rednecks.

    When in fact the isue is far, far more nuanced that that.

    So what do you people think? I know most Euro countries have legalized gay marriage.

  2. Well i'm a big US Political Junkie, so for all of you guys I might be able to provide a cool insight. I actually do a lot of volunteering for campaigns (Most recently the re-election campaign for Deval Patrick the Governor of Massachusetts) and I really enjoy the subject.
  3. We did close the previous thread for a reason you know......


  4. Yea, I saw, the America vs the world thing - hopefully it won't happen again.
  5. No. We closed it because we have some users that cannot stand different opinions. You are among them, so you shouldn't be the one who re-opens this topic...


    Anyway, let's leave this one opened while I quote myself in the very first post of the old politics topic:
    Originally posted by LikeASong:Hi! I open this topic in order to have a place where you (we!) can discuss anything related to the politics.

    I know many of you don't like or don't care about politics, but I think that when you complain about the underground tickets prices, you're getting into politics. This is the place to discuss it. You can complain about politicians, laws, global situations or your neighborhood issues.
    But please keep it NICE here. This isn't a pub where you can insult and shout. This is a nice forum, with nice people in it. Thanks

    So........... please
  6. Originally posted by vanquish:A new politics topic - please try and refrain from bringing up the "Americans are stupid, ignorant & fat" diatribe

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    Anyway, any ideas for topics? Aung San Suu Kyi and Burma? Obama's presidency?

    For me, there's a big argument in Australia going on over legalizing same sex marriage.
    Which is quite interesting, especially as going from the discussion on one of our big news websites most people have no idea and argue foolishly against it from a religious perspective and other simply are for it because they think they're well-adjusted, educated, intellectuals and consider the other side to be religious nuts and rednecks.

    When in fact the isue is far, far more nuanced that that.

    So what do you people think? I know most Euro countries have legalized gay marriage.




    From my perspective, I'm not seeing much in the way of nuances. No one has yet to give me any good reason why same-sex marriage shouldn't be legal. "Because God said so" is not a good reason. It might be a reason why certain churches wouldn't perform same-sex marriages, but it should not be a reason why it can't be legal for secular services.
  7. Originally posted by LikeASong:No. We closed it because we have some users that cannot stand different opinions. You are among them, so you shouldn't be the one who re-opens this topic...


    Err...

    STAIRSAY TO HEAVEN IS THE GREATEST SONG EVRT - NO MORE DISCUSSION ZLLOWED




    Actually I'm in the middle of exams so can post much atm, but I will be back soon!
  11. Ok, next time I'll make sure I use our [Joke] ubb code, don't worry Lyndon
  12. I'm fully behind gay marriage etc. and don't think there's a good reason in existence to prevent it.

    As it happens, I was looking at the old Pol. Discussion thread the other day because of the student protest against a hike in tuition fees that happened last week. Although I'm fully behind it, I was completely against the form of violent protest carried out by a minority, but yeah, was wondering who heard about that around the world?