Politics Threads on a Cycling Forum

[Fab Foodie]

Just curious- why???????

Why not?

 

[Noodle Legs]

Why not?

because it’s CYCLEChat not POLITICSchat....

 

[Fab Foodie]

Can’t disagree with that!!

It just seems so divisive- passion, strongly opposing views and the overwhelming need for some people to be right all the time creates a melting pot where “healthy debates” turn into full blown arguments and rarely anything good comes out of it.

You clearly weren’t around for the Campagnolo-ShimaNo wars then....

 

[Fab Foodie]

because it’s CYCLEChat not POLITICSchat....

So we can only talk about Cycles then? How dull....

 

[derrick]

Gives people a chance to talk more boll**** than they would normally.

 

[winjim]

Can’t disagree with that!!

It just seems so divisive- passion, strongly opposing views and the overwhelming need for some people to be right all the time creates a melting pot where “healthy debates” turn into full blown arguments and rarely anything good comes out of it.

And would you like that to happen in the main forum, or would you like it quarantined off into a section which you can happily ignore? (Literally, you can turn it off so you can't even see it)

I'm convinced that's why it exists, it keeps the rest of the forum a nicer and happier place, any political disagreements can just get shunted off. Anyway, the forum now has subfora for all sorts of things. Pets, cookery, DIY and what have you. I think it's good, the only thing we really have in common is cycling so there's a diverse range of skills and experience on the forum. If I've got a question about anything there's usually someone on here with the ability to answer it.

 

[Noodle Legs]

So we can only talk about Cycles then?

Well it is a cycling forum after all!

How dull....

....if you say so. Most people On here are really keen to talk about cycles.

 

[Poacher]

If I've got a question about anything there's usually someone on here with the ability to answer it.

… and if not, there's always YACF...

 

[Cycleops]

It gives an opportunity for those who can’t hack it on politics forms without getting their stupid opinions shot down by better-informed posters, to feel good about themselves.

Which sums up the majority of members on here.

 

[winjim]

… and if not, there's always YACF...

Never heard of it.

 

[Rocky]

Which sums up the majority of members on here.

Ah yes, as Aesop wrote.....A man is known by the company he keeps.

 

[derrick]

Which sums up the majority of members on here.

Hit the nail on the head with that one.

 

[snorri]

It gives an opportunity for those who can’t hack it on politics forms without getting their stupid opinions shot down

There really are politics forums?
Do they have cycling sections?

 

[derrick]

Ah yes, as Aesop wrote.....A man is known by the company he keeps.

That only works in the real world. Not on forums where you have no control over who comes on here.

 

[Drago]

You clearly weren’t around for the Campagnolo-ShimaNo wars then....

The one that Suntour won?