But that would be off topic on this thread.
Disclaimer: I am not a disinterested party in this topic. I (Minnemooseus) had a significant conflict with Rrhain not that far upthread.
That said, I do think things have strayed too far from the topic core theme, which is the legal considerations and the moral (for offhand lack of a better term) propriety of the so called "ground zero mosque". I think we are having major conflicts between members who are in near if not absolute agreement concerning that core theme - I don't think Minnemooseus, Rrhain, or Omnifre have anything against it. I think this is a solid indicator that the topic has gone off the rails.
So, I'm calling for closing summary messages - Only one per member.
I think I'll close this topic down tomorrow, unless another admin does it first. The other related subthemes need to find a better home elsewhere, be it an existing or a new topic.
Adminnemooseus
Admin writes: It really helps moderators figure out if a topic is disintegrating because of general misbehavior versus someone in particular if the originally non-misbehaving members kept it that way. When everyone is prickly and argumentative and off-topic and personal then it's just too difficult to tell. We have neither infinite time to untie the Gordian knot, nor the wisdom of Solomon. There used to be a comedian who presented his ideas for a better world, and one of them was to arm everyone on the highway with little rubber dart guns. Every time you see a driver doing something stupid, you fire a little dart at his car. When a state trooper sees someone driving down the highway with a bunch of darts all over his car he pulls him over for being an idiot. Please make it easy to tell you apart from the idiots. Message 150 |