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Operations Desk => Forum Suggestions & Announcements => Topic started by: LegendarySandwich on February 11, 2011, 03:21:58 AM

Title: Politics and Morality Forum
Post by: LegendarySandwich on February 11, 2011, 03:21:58 AM
I propose that we create a politics and/or morality forum, either as a whole new forum or as a sub-section of the philosophy forum.
Title: Re: Politics and Morality Forum
Post by: The Magic Pudding on February 11, 2011, 03:41:37 AM
Politics usually fits under existing headings well enough for me, and as an atheist I have no morality.
Thank you spell checker for helping me spell that strange word.
Title: Re: Politics and Morality Forum
Post by: Will on February 11, 2011, 04:02:43 AM
Interesting idea, though we'd need to rename current subforums. Morality fits neatly into Philosophy and most Politics stuff fits in Current Events. I think we'd need to change those existing subforums, sorting out one thread at a time, into whatever we change.

I'm going to think about this a bit.
Title: Re: Politics and Morality Forum
Post by: LegendarySandwich on February 11, 2011, 04:21:08 AM
Quote from: "Will"I'm going to think about this a bit.
Thanks for considering my idea  :D
Title: Re: Politics and Morality Forum
Post by: Tank on February 11, 2011, 05:57:49 AM
Quote from: "LegendarySandwich"I propose that we create a politics and/or morality forum, either as a whole new forum or as a sub-section of the philosophy forum.
Why? Interested in what you think the forum would gain by doing this?
Title: Re: Politics and Morality Forum
Post by: LegendarySandwich on February 11, 2011, 06:01:07 AM
Quote from: "Tank"
Quote from: "LegendarySandwich"I propose that we create a politics and/or morality forum, either as a whole new forum or as a sub-section of the philosophy forum.
Why? Interested in what you think the forum would gain by doing this?
I just think the threads would be better organized and it'd be easier to find topics of interest. Isn't that the purpose of having the separation of forums?
Title: Re: Politics and Morality Forum
Post by: Tank on February 11, 2011, 06:56:23 AM
Quote from: "LegendarySandwich"
Quote from: "Tank"
Quote from: "LegendarySandwich"I propose that we create a politics and/or morality forum, either as a whole new forum or as a sub-section of the philosophy forum.
Why? Interested in what you think the forum would gain by doing this?
I just think the threads would be better organized and it'd be easier to find topics of interest. Isn't that the purpose of having the separation of forums?
I suspected that was the case. I was just wondering if there was some deeper reason that's all.
Title: Re: Politics and Morality Forum
Post by: terranus on February 11, 2011, 08:07:41 PM
Quoteand as an atheist I have no morality.

Agreed. Neither do I. Instead of a "Morality" thread, I suggest we create an "Amorality" thread. Seems more objective.
Title: Re: Politics and Morality Forum
Post by: Whitney on February 11, 2011, 11:15:46 PM
We could make ethics a subforum of philosophy.

I think Politics could stand alone as a new main forum under the General Category.  It could go under current events but politics is not always related to discussing an event, often it's a discussion of the issues related to general ideas.
Title: Re: Politics and Morality Forum
Post by: LegendarySandwich on February 11, 2011, 11:55:29 PM
Quote from: "Whitney"We could make ethics a subforum of philosophy.

I think Politics could stand alone as a new main forum under the General Category.  It could go under current events but politics is not always related to discussing an event, often it's a discussion of the issues related to general ideas.
Yeah, that's what I was thinking.
Title: Re: Politics and Morality Forum
Post by: LegendarySandwich on February 22, 2011, 06:03:59 PM
Thanks, Whitney :D

So, are you going to move some of the topics, or are we going to have to create new threads in the new forums?
Title: Re: Politics and Morality Forum
Post by: Whitney on February 22, 2011, 06:51:25 PM
Quote from: "LegendarySandwich"Thanks, Whitney :D

So, are you going to move some of the topics, or are we going to have to create new threads in the new forums?

I'm moving them as I find them.
Title: Re: Politics and Morality Forum
Post by: LegendarySandwich on February 22, 2011, 06:54:24 PM
Quote from: "Whitney"I'm moving them as I find them.
Ah, okay. I already recreated my politics poll thread because I thought it would be easier, and there were a few changes I wanted to make.
Title: Re: Politics and Morality Forum
Post by: Whitney on February 22, 2011, 07:42:37 PM
Quote from: "LegendarySandwich"
Quote from: "Whitney"I'm moving them as I find them.
Ah, okay. I already recreated my politics poll thread because I thought it would be easier, and there were a few changes I wanted to make.
[strike:3ewki5jx]I'll merge them to keep things together.[/strike:3ewki5jx]
I'll lock the old one.