Posted by 10derHeart on March 11, 2006, at 17:23:37
In reply to The politics board always been that contentious? (nm), posted by madeline on March 11, 2006, at 15:27:41
U.S. presidential campaign/election '04.
{shudder}
Regular and firm enforcement of the civility rules, applied in the same way as on any other board, has helped a great deal and made it possible for me to participate at all. Not that I'm saying Dr. Bob didn't apply civility rules back then. No doubt he did. But I either don't recall (two years ago is a looong time for my porous memory), or I don't know, because the first few times I dared to read, the tone of posts (perhaps prior to PBCs) drove me away for many months.
I have eventually been able to have some excellent discussions with people whose opinions and beliefs differ from mine and I am grateful for the opportunity to learn and see other points of view.
Which, IMO, would be impossible (for me) without the rules being the way they are.
{sorry, madeline, too much info, probably...)
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