Right now, I'm seeing the WE forum as like a toy. People like to play (talk politics), but it seems nobody can play nice. I *really* want to take the toy away entirely.
If things don't shape up and soon, I think I'm going to have to invest a lot more time in that forum. Not that I *have* that kind of time, but I'll have to fit it in, so that I can close every thread in which anybody steps out of line.
On second thought, though, maybe it won't take so long, since I'll never have to read all the way to the bottom of a thread.
If people want to use emotionally-charged words and misdirection as a substitute for logic, so be it. If somebody wants to compare anything tjey personally dislike to Hitler because they know it'll make people angry, then maybe I should just start showing people what a nazi is really like.
For starters, I'm closing that thread that was linked to. It's gone far enough. If another staffer disagrees, open it again. I'm going to start closing when in doubt from now on, but I won't close the same thread twice.
