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View Jimenez's Profile Jimenez Flag SELHURSTPARKCHESTER,DA BRONX 20 Oct 17 11.16pm Send a Private Message to Jimenez Add Jimenez as a friend

Originally posted by nickgusset

If it includes anything from the mail it ain't news.

Nor is the Great Yarmouth Gazzette where you post most of your bilge from or The Eastbourne Young Socialist Post also add The Chislehurst Allotment Guardian as well !

 


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nickgusset Flag Shizzlehurst 20 Oct 17 11.22pm

Originally posted by Jimenez

Nor is the Great Yarmouth Gazzette where you post most of your bilge from or The Eastbourne Young Socialist Post also add The Chislehurst Allotment Guardian as well !

Oh you mean places where you find out about stuff that isn't shown on the news.

Edited by nickgusset (20 Oct 2017 11.22pm)

 

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View palace_in_frogland's Profile palace_in_frogland Flag In a broken dream 21 Oct 17 11.23am Send a Private Message to palace_in_frogland Add palace_in_frogland as a friend

Oh look. The thread to discuss how to stop every thread turning into a slanging match has turned into a slanging match.

Plus ça change...

 

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View eagleman13's Profile eagleman13 Flag On The Road To Hell & Alicante 21 Oct 17 11.31am Send a Private Message to eagleman13 Holmesdale Online Elite Member Add eagleman13 as a friend

Originally posted by palace_in_frogland

Oh look. The thread to discuss how to stop every thread turning into a slanging match has turned into a slanging match.

Plus ça change...

 


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View chris123's Profile chris123 Flag hove actually 22 Oct 17 8.30am Send a Private Message to chris123 Add chris123 as a friend

Originally posted by Penge Eagle

I've been away from General Talk for a while up till recently and have noticed, and by reading some other comments too, how political it is (shock, horror!).

Political debate is great and there are some interesting ding-dongs on the topics. However, I'd like to see more pop culture topics and having a separate board might encourage this type of discussion to flourish and with different posters.

Any sport, music or general discussion is currently getting lost in the topics about the EU, islam, etc etc!

I suggest changing Splitting 'General Talk' into: 'Politics Talk' and 'TV/Film/Music'. Am open to ideas on making the latter a catchier title, like maybe 'Entertainment Talk'? This would be a politics-free zone.

Also, renaming 'Football Talk' as 'Sport Talk'. Doing this should make this forum more active.

Would love to hear your thoughts. I can implement this in the coming days.

Edited by Penge Eagle (19 Oct 2017 9.22pm)

For me it's the links that kills debate, I know there are posters who don't agree and it's been the same for years. So my thought would be adopt a zero tolerance of all links and if you need to quote from an article, then do so in you post.

 

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View palace_in_frogland's Profile palace_in_frogland Flag In a broken dream 22 Oct 17 12.20pm Send a Private Message to palace_in_frogland Add palace_in_frogland as a friend

Originally posted by chris123

For me it's the links that kills debate, I know there are posters who don't agree and it's been the same for years. So my thought would be adopt a zero tolerance of all links and if you need to quote from an article, then do so in you post.

Totally agree with you about the links; the only caveat I see is possible breaches of copyright with cut and paste from articles?

Maybe that’s not an issue in this context? Perhaps one of our resident legal experts knows the answer.


 

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View Mapletree's Profile Mapletree Flag Croydon 22 Oct 17 11.01pm Send a Private Message to Mapletree Add Mapletree as a friend

Originally posted by palace_in_frogland

Oh look. The thread to discuss how to stop every thread turning into a slanging match has turned into a slanging match.

Plus ça change...

You’ll have to pay royalties to use that lingo in 18 months time.

 

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nickgusset Flag Shizzlehurst 22 Oct 17 11.12pm

Originally posted by palace_in_frogland

Totally agree with you about the links; the only caveat I see is possible breaches of copyright with cut and paste from articles?

Maybe that’s not an issue in this context? Perhaps one of our resident legal experts knows the answer.


Links to news stories, be they from mainstream or alternative sources, are often the stimulus for debate.

 

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hedgehog50 Flag Croydon 23 Oct 17 7.30am

Originally posted by nickgusset

Links to news stories, be they from mainstream or alternative sources, are often the stimulus for debate.

I think that you should have the honour of your own forum, where only you are allowed to post - could call it 'Pravda Talk' perhaps, but I'm sure there will be other suggestions.


Edited by hedgehog50 (23 Oct 2017 7.33am)

 


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View palace_in_frogland's Profile palace_in_frogland Flag In a broken dream 23 Oct 17 8.44am Send a Private Message to palace_in_frogland Add palace_in_frogland as a friend

Originally posted by Mapletree

You’ll have to pay royalties to use that lingo in 18 months time.

 

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View palace_in_frogland's Profile palace_in_frogland Flag In a broken dream 23 Oct 17 8.47am Send a Private Message to palace_in_frogland Add palace_in_frogland as a friend

Originally posted by nickgusset

Links to news stories, be they from mainstream or alternative sources, are often the stimulus for debate.

They can be. But on here they mostly lead to ad hominem attacks and puerile name calling.

Neither of which could be called debate.

 

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View Midlands Eagle's Profile Midlands Eagle Flag 24 Oct 17 7.17am Send a Private Message to Midlands Eagle Add Midlands Eagle as a friend

Originally posted by hedgehog50

I think that you should have the honour of your own forum, where only you are allowed to post

What a wonderful example of the pot calling the kettle black

 

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