On 25 Jun 2014 at 12:17, Michael Ross via EV wrote: > I am interested in other peoples politics, but not getting hollered at. It is > the flames, not the ideas that are a problem, not so?
Some places have lively, animated, intelligent discussions about politics. (I hear that's the way it goes in France, but haven't experienced it.) Others just hunker down and flail at each other from within their respective "with us or against us" camps. That seems to be the American way now, and in fact it seems to be overspreading most of the world. I've been moderating the EVDL to one extent or another for a good 15 years or more. There is a remarkable degree of civility here, but experience has shown me that it breaks down pretty quickly when partisan politics comes up. These threads aren't quite there, but they're dancing in that direction. Yes, there's a political component to EVs. That's inevitable, since some governments encourage EV development and uptake with political action of various types. But in the interest of peace (and not seeing subscribers depart en masse as has happened in the past), I ask that EVDLers please check their partisan politics at the door. David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA EVDL Administrator = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
