BobCav wrote:
Thanks, Tomahawk. Yeah an awful lot on immigration, I've seen that. That's more of a political issue, as it doesn't affect our liberty or freedom (See rule 1). You could argue that almost ANYTHING is related to one of those, but I'm going to put a lid on that stuff. We don't want to get into politics except how it relates to gun rights.
Once I get a good response to this, we'll lay out some memberguidelines.
Bob,
As one of those who does participate in a lot of off topic discussions, I can certain try not to do that in the future. But I think to keep any forum alive and growing, you really do want a variety of topics available for discussion even if the connection to OC/CC and firearms is remote. It would soon become very boring if all that was available was threads full of open carry reports. While that is valuable information to "the cause", there is more to discuss to move the ball down field.
As long as the posts on immigration and similar kinds of issues are confined to the politics areas, I am not certain I see the harm. Someone here suggested an area for open topic discussion (think Rush open line Friday here) might be a good answer for that sort of thing. I would agree with that, rather than a prior restraint approach. If people think the topic is out of place, they usually "vote it off the island" by not participating in the thread and allowing it to "sink".
The only suggestion I might make is to remember that people focused in a debate on an issue might not realize the extent this bothers (inhibits) others. Kind of like target fixation. You guys might want to consider stepping in gently on those occasions just to break the tension and apply a note of objectivity. You know a gentle reminder that "take no prisoners" is not the order of the day.
On the whole I think you guys do good job.
Regards
