Audiokarma question!

[Dondilion]

9/11 and its aftermath involved controversial decisions by living politicians. This should automatically lead to political discussions.

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Originally Posted by HarmanKardon

No, Dan, not really. Look - some topics are a priori too political, for example the current German migrant dilemma, to be discussed over there.

Where is the threshold where a current event turns into a historical event - that is sometimes not easily to realize. Probably when the AK mods are sure that an event is too old in order to trigger a bloodbath amongst AK members.

Yeah, you do have a point as I have gone into threads there and the topic posing a question I can't answered. I tend to just say I can't contribute as it would be political, in fact, there is a guy that does that all the time.


So we fight about Cables and IC and eat the rich for spending money on snake oil.

[JJIII]

When in doubt, PM a moderator and ask.

[icenine]

History is an emotional topic. It cannot be viewed without a political filter. On AK if you mention Pearl Harbor there is always some idiot who will post that FDR was responsible for the attack. Then the thread gets shut down. You cannot even discuss red light cameras over there.

It is a good policy....if you want to see how politics can destroy an audio forum go over to the tape head place.

[mpholland]

If a thread can turn political, it is likely emotion and human nature will take it there. Some topics just lead there, especially if they are controversial to begin with. If I was thinking of starting a 9/11 thread, it would have to be stated in the OP that it was a memorial thread only and no conversation about "cause" would be tolerated. Somewhat like a Pearl Harbor thread. Probably not all, but most threads of this nature seem to be somewhat trollish, just to see how far they can go before they get closed.

[Boreas]

I made the mistake of politely correcting some historical mistakes in some teabagger's rant on AK and got a 10 day suspension. No warning, just bang! I don't know whether the 'bagger got suspended too but, if I had to guess, I'd go with "no". I suspect the mod who nailed me was probably a 'bagger too.

Nowadays I don't really have anything to say over there unless it's about audio..... but there's even politics in that. Just ask someone with any Chinese gear.

[HarmanKardon]

The mod was probably no lefitie...

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Originally Posted by HarmanKardon

The mod was probably no lefitie...

That's what I was thinking......as that's what my paranoia projects


Just look at this site.

[d-ray657]

History cannot be completely divorced from politics. For one thing, decisions having historic impact were often made by politicians. Moreover, everyone is familiar with the statement that history is written by the victors. And history can be manipulated; just look at what Texas has done with history books.

Politics are going to enter into most human endeavors. Any question regarding the way people are organized involves politics in some respect.

Something doesn't have to do with partisan politics to be political. One thing that is sometimes apparent on AK is conspicuous consumption. Engaging in conspicuous consumption is its own sort of political statement. At a minimum it represents a particular set of values - and isn't politics about resolving competing values?

Regards,

D-Ray

[HarmanKardon]

Thank you very much for this helpful comment.