2x6 My confusion comes from the fact that I have been back and forth, from top to bottom, of this thread and the only post I can see from Cam is where he quoted Peter on technical opinions and added a happy face. To me his message was simple and easily understood. It was "I agree with the above."
The above had nothing to do with politics and a person's signature is not considered in scope with the body of a message, at least not in the Internet culture I have lived in. He has had that same sig for some time. It's not like you have not seen it before and it definitely wasn't just created for the topic at hand.
It was the jump away from a technical topic to an attack that bothered me.
To respond to your concepts of why I suddenly broke out of a normally solid shell when it comes to our boards conduct:
I am not defending, nor rebutting, socialist values. There are other threads where that is being discussed and I didn't participate in those either. This would be an example of why.
I'm also hardly a purist, I derail threads with the best of them. However, it's usually either a natural progression of topics though or perhaps some light hearted humour.
You are correct. I love the Axiom board because of it's boundless discussions. Please, by all means, continue to to discuss your political views. I believe you have that right and I encourage it. I actually enjoyed reading about the pro & con socialist argument in the other threads. I don't feel I'm educated in the topic to share my opinions on it but by listening I learn.
My point was not to discourage political discussion. I am simply of the opinion that when you take a totally non-political thread and suddenly suddenly choose to 100% change the context by accusing a person of moronic thinking based on their personal beliefs, then this is not the furthering of any discussion, it's a personal attack.
We see it all the time of course, and anyone on an Internet board must learn to suck it up and live with it. No prob. I can deal with that. I think it was just the super sudden shift in gears that threw me off kilter
Long post. Apologies to furthering the derailment to those who disagree with me. At first I was going to let it drop but then I figured, If you have the right to say what you said , then I, at the very least, have the right to explain my thinking as well.
