to all those who would remove free speech:
ranting about politics is one of the things that makes this forum a good read.
i used to like the free speech emphasis on this site, but i notice you are all loudly saying that politics should not be allowed on this board after more than a year of free speech. this would be pretty bad on its own, but what really astonishes me is that while you say that out of one face, you use your other face to do the one thing you abhor: argue about politics!
if you don't want to talk about politics then do not talk about politics, however if you do, then do, it's THAT simple. If a political discussion comes up on this site and you don't want to talk about politics then DON'T reply to the topic. it's not hard. many of the topics on this site are, in my opinion, full of useless rubbish and not worth my time to read, let alone reply, but i still post on this site and i don't get my knickers in a twist if somebody posts something that i myself am not interested in.
I say again: if you DON'T want to talk about politics, then DON'T, but it REALLY pisses me off when people start telling other people what they can and cannot say. You will notice that this forum (The Lounge) is for any discussion whatsoever. This thread is therefore on topic and i think it is inappropriate to ridicule or insult the original poster or those who reply to this topic or any others like it.