My understanding...

[RhondaLea 4]

...is that this forum is "the place for sociological and political discussions."

What I would like to know is if conspiracy theories fall into the category of sociological or political discussion.

I never thought so, but there are so many kook threads here now, it's starting to look like some of the alt groups on usenet, i.e., trashed.

Just wondering.

rl

Edited to add: Urban Legends Reference Pages

If you don't know where you're going, you should know where you came from. Gullah Proverb

[narcimund 0]

Would you advocate a spinoff forum from Speakers' Corner? Sort of a Speakers' Speakers' Corner especially for political opinions and ideas that will shock and surprise even the normal arguers?

What would this new forum be called? And even harder, how would someone about to make a post be aware that was where they should put it?

First Class Citizen Twice Over

[Guest 1010]

You use the big words rl, I look them up ... from www.dictionary.com.

sociology
1. The study of human social behavior, especially the study of the origins, organization, institutions, and development of human society.
2. Analysis of a social institution or societal segment as a self-contained entity or in relation to society as a whole.

political
1. Of, relating to, or dealing with the structure or affairs of government, politics, or the state.
2. Relating to, involving, or characteristic of politics or politicians: “Calling a meeting is a political act in itself” (Daniel Goleman).
3. Relating to or involving acts regarded as damaging to a government or state: political crimes.
4. Interested or active in politics: I'm not a very political person.
5. Having or influenced by partisan interests: The court should never become a political institution.
6. Based on or motivated by partisan or self-serving objectives: a purely political decision.

discussion
1. Consideration of a subject by a group; an earnest conversation.
2. A formal discourse on a topic; an exposition.

conspiracy
1. An agreement to perform together an illegal, wrongful, or subversive act.
2. A group of conspirators.
3. Law. An agreement between two or more persons to commit a crime or accomplish a legal purpose through illegal action.
4. A joining or acting together, as if by sinister design: a conspiracy of wind and tide that devastated coastal areas.

It may be a worthwhile discussion to have ... as long as SC doesn't go away (btw I don't see that happenning). I see a significant and worthy purpose of SC as keeping those that are most likely to post here, posting here, and not other places on the site.

BASE does get a little more political than the skydiving forums, but imho thats because the base folks tend to hang out together anyway and generally don't post separately in SC.

If a ban on over-the-top and pointless conspiracy threads is enforced, my concern is that those folks may wander further into other forums here (being newly displaced netizens). As you can see my concerns are not so much with the health of SC, so I'm probably not be the best one to ask.

Possibly have separate SC forums - one for those that just want to shout and another for those that just want to talk politics over chips & beer?

(Late Show announcer voice: "And this has been the 1010 Speakers' Corner Post of the Day.")

You can have it good, fast, or cheap: pick two.

[RhondaLea 4]

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Would you advocate a spinoff forum from Speakers' Corner?

Actually, I've had a thought.

1010 was kind enough to do the hard work, and now we have a working definition of sociology, i.e., the study of human social behavior, especially the study of the origins, organization, institutions, and development of human society.

So perhaps our next object of study should be the institution of kookery.

I've got a whole load of links on the subject, complete with psychological analyses of the kooks themselves.

But if we go with a new forum, I think I'd call it "The Loon Preserve."

Hmmm...maybe even a contest to name the forum...first prize to be a tinfoil hat....

rl

If you don't know where you're going, you should know where you came from. Gullah Proverb

[Frenchy68 0]

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Hmmm...maybe even a contest to name the forum...first prize to be a tinfoil hat....

Let's call it "Frenchy's Corner". And I would be the HH, and my name screen name would appear in red letters, and I would get all the hot chicks, and I could ban anyone I want, and...

"For once you have tasted Absinthe you will walk the earth with your eyes turned towards the gutter, for there you have been and there you will long to return."

[Keith 0]

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. . . and I would get all the hot chicks

I thought you were gay

Keith

Don't Fuck with me Keith - J. Mandeville

[StephZ 0]

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And I would be the HH, and my name screen name would appear in red letters, and I would get all the hot chicks, and I could ban anyone I want, and...

i thought you were full of it, but keith has a piont

I am not afraid . . . I was born to do this
-Joan of Arc-
But what do I know, I'm only 19

[swedishcelt 0]

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. . . and I would get all the hot chicks

I thought you were gay

[Frenchy68 0]

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And I would be the HH, and my name screen name would appear in red letters, and I would get all the hot chicks, and I could ban anyone I want, and...

i thought you were full of it, but keith has a piont

Doesn't the latter imply the former?

Besides, if Keith has a piont, there's little I can do...

What is a piont anyway, lurker?

"For once you have tasted Absinthe you will walk the earth with your eyes turned towards the gutter, for there you have been and there you will long to return."

[chutem 0]

It's starting to sound like this thread should be moved to "The Bonfire"
James

[greybeard 0]

I'm not giving up my hat to anyone. God told me to wear it and I think it was ordained in one of those holy books.

Booga-booga.
Peace earthlings.