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    Re: Forum Change Announcement

    YES agreed with several of the other threads... I think it is very curious and ODD that you choose NOW as a time to shut down a forums where a group who share an interest can discuss political topics...


    ... especially when things are running so smoothly and stably in america and the world...!!!

    I think it is your responsibility ESPECIALLY NOW to keep the discussion flowing. WE ARE AT A VERY PRECARIOUS JUNCTURE IN HISTORY...!!! PLEASE PLEASE CONSIDER THIS.


    Do you really want to be part of a minority who quashed voices that resulted in a positive direction for this and other countries...???

    And especially since there's already the ability for persons to 'censor' boards and individuals from their own account???

    Please respond.

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    Re: Forum Change Announcement

    Quote Originally Posted by JW Dewdney View Post
    YES agreed with several of the other threads... I think it is very curious and ODD that you choose NOW as a time to shut down a forums where a group who share an interest can discuss political topics...


    ... especially when things are running so smoothly and stably in america and the world...!!!

    I think it is your responsibility ESPECIALLY NOW to keep the discussion flowing. WE ARE AT A VERY PRECARIOUS JUNCTURE IN HISTORY...!!! PLEASE PLEASE CONSIDER THIS.


    Do you really want to be part of a minority who quashed voices that resulted in a positive direction for this and other countries...???

    And especially since there's already the ability for persons to 'censor' boards and individuals from their own account???

    Please respond.
    It's that the "New World Order" made them do it.
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    Re: Forum Change Announcement

    Aristotle stated that politics is the ultimate form of moral development.

    Wish that he was here to post on a thread!

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    Re: Forum Change Announcement

    no doubt he'd get kicked off...!

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    Re: Forum Change Announcement

    I think this is a disappointing decision. Too many photography related topics have a political component and the fear of straying into that area will really have a "chilling effect" on the range of subjects people dare bring up. Photographers' rights, the evolving definition of what's considered pornography, the difficulty of air travel with gear, strategies for dealing with escalating transportation costs (gasoline).... these are the issues that have seen the most changes that affect us all, but that will be difficult to discuss from now on.

    It's not like large format is a field dizzy enough with change to support a vibrant forum that ignores the wider world around it. How often can you talk about how to load film holders?

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    Re: Forum Change Announcement

    Quote Originally Posted by Tom Westbrook View Post
    .......we've concluded that it is in the best long-term interest of the forum to "outlaw" discussions of politics and religion,

    --The Moderator Team
    Dear Tom,

    In the long term, I believe you have made a very wise decision.
    Reb vs Dem, anti Bush debates etc. have destroyed another forum I once read daily.
    The poisonous debates and deep animosity carried over into the main forum and it is now dying a slow death.

    Thank you for taking this step, this forum is too good to go down the same path a die off dues to off topic discussions.

    best regards,

    Allen

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    Re: Forum Change Announcement

    I agree with the closure of lounge. This is not a "free speech" forum, it is a privately held set of pages with someone paying for it to host LF discussions. If one is invited to someone place, you have to behave in a civilized and polite way and it's usualy frowned upon by the host if the guests start arguing and fighting... You won't get invited again.

    I also have a photography forum, and the "off topic" area is to discuss stuff loosely related to photography, or the forum, or to regular members life. I have absolutely no interest in other peoples political, religious or sport views.

    Oh and I ban permanently and without warning anyone making any sort of personal attack on anyone else. Some people believe that they can be rude from behind the keyboard, I invite them to go to another forum for that; it's not the job of volunteers to babysit for something that would have earned them a spank from mom, back then.

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    Re: Forum Change Announcement

    Probably for the better.

    Anyone know how to set up a yahoo discussion group or some other such thing? We could make it a member-only type of thing to keep out the non-photographer nutcases and restrict to us photography-based nutcases. I've actually learned quite a bit in the arguments and been exposed to interesting sources of info. I'd hate to lose those opportunities.

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    Re: Forum Change Announcement

    Quote Originally Posted by Terence McDonagh View Post
    Probably for the better.

    Anyone know how to set up a yahoo discussion group or some other such thing? We could make it a member-only type of thing to keep out the non-photographer nutcases and restrict to us photography-based nutcases. I've actually learned quite a bit in the arguments and been exposed to interesting sources of info. I'd hate to lose those opportunities.
    Yes, you just go to Yahoo groups and enter a name and set it up the way you want it. I had one many moons ago about watercolor portraits, I eventually dropped it and someone else owns it now. I too enjoyed the interaction with the LFPF nutcases. It helped to pass the long nights of watching printer heads from going back and forth...back and forth...
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    Re: Forum Change Announcement

    Its your forum but I don't have to participate

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