Very Well Answered G Khan!. .. .In an "Gentlemen Only Organisation" to which I belong (see the Gentlemen's Clubs Thread), we have a ban on the discussion of only two subjects, Party Politics and Organised Religion. Why? Its is because these are the two subjects which cause most disharmony between Brethren.. .. .It is likewise on Jet Blast, and I with others was very guilty in the past of losing the normal polite conventions of discussion and sinking to the level of the gutter, of personal insult and vituperation, when faced with the to me unpalatable viewpoint of an opponent on some controversial issue, be it religious or political or, as G Khan so wisely illustrates over the Ulster situation, politico-religious or religio- political.. .. .Danny Fyne, who we ought to remember, provides this entire website as a FREE service to those in Aviation and its associated industries got fed up with the nasty playground level that some threads . .had degenerated to and banned Politics and Religion. As he says, its NOT a Democracy, its HIS website and what he says goes, we havent got a vote! . .. .Since then, apart from one nasty poster, thankfully gone, who singled out another individual PPruner for personal abuse, the standard of debate has improved and people are again polite, in general, to each other on these pages. It is also interesting to note that the Jet Blast community have found ways to push against the envelope on many threads without being overtly political or religious.. .. .So I back Danny 100% on his prohibition of these two subjects and long may it continue. Democracy is a double edged sword and sometimes need to be kept in its scabbard.
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