Popular Post Travis Posted November 15, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted November 15, 2021 Politics bad. Scroll sawing good! Please refrain from political discussions. RabidAlien, new2woodwrk, OCtoolguy and 9 others 10 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCtoolguy Posted November 15, 2021 Report Share Posted November 15, 2021 OMG! What did I do now? Please advise if I said something wrong. crupiea, kmmcrafts, John B and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgman Posted November 15, 2021 Report Share Posted November 15, 2021 It wasn’t you this time Ray OCtoolguy, jbrowning, wombatie and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxfold Posted November 15, 2021 Report Share Posted November 15, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, OCtoolguy said: OMG! What did I do now? Please advise if I said something wrong. It was nothing you said Ray, but I think I ruffled a few feathers with my answer. But to be fair, I stand by my post. Which was not political in anyway shape or form as I know zilch about US governance, so wouldn't comment on that. Just a shame I didn't keep a copy as I couldn't write it again verbatim. Edited November 15, 2021 by Foxfold John B, kmmcrafts, Sycamore67 and 3 others 3 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmmcrafts Posted November 15, 2021 Report Share Posted November 15, 2021 I hate it when I miss the good stuff... But today I barely have time to read the good stuff and certainly don't have time to make the pop corn.. Thanks Travis for keeping the site cleaned up. OCtoolguy, Foxfold and meflick 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCtoolguy Posted November 15, 2021 Report Share Posted November 15, 2021 I sure wish I had seen it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawson56 Posted November 15, 2021 Report Share Posted November 15, 2021 Well I missed it too. I vote, that's all I have to do with the subject. WayneMahler and OCtoolguy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCtoolguy Posted November 15, 2021 Report Share Posted November 15, 2021 Travis, you may want to change the description of what the "Coffee House" forum is all about. Or add some more to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmmcrafts Posted November 16, 2021 Report Share Posted November 16, 2021 9 minutes ago, OCtoolguy said: Travis, you may want to change the description of what the "Coffee House" forum is all about. Or add some more to it. We need one called the pop corn lounge OCtoolguy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCtoolguy Posted November 16, 2021 Report Share Posted November 16, 2021 3 minutes ago, kmmcrafts said: We need one called the pop corn lounge Well, it does say "anything except scroll saw stuff" or something to that effect. No other rules that I could see. I can understand that this is a hot button topic though. kmmcrafts 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxfold Posted November 16, 2021 Report Share Posted November 16, 2021 (edited) 11 hours ago, OCtoolguy said: Travis, you may want to change the description of what the "Coffee House" forum is all about. Or add some more to it. I think the words '' I just want to remind everybody that political discussions and debates are not allowed on SSV.'' Are suffice and concise enough for anyone to comprehend. Edited November 16, 2021 by Foxfold dgman, John B, barb.j.enders and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark SW Posted November 16, 2021 Report Share Posted November 16, 2021 FOX NEWS CNN MSNBC etc. for news NOT SSV OCtoolguy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Travis Posted November 16, 2021 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted November 16, 2021 Rules about politics and religious discussions are in the User Guidelines, which everybody agreed to when signing up for SSV. It's been there since 2009 when I launched the website. It applies site-wide. We've long established a place to talk about woodworking and chatting with our fellow scrollers, minus politics and religion. The truth is, we all have different viewpoints. A post will not change anybody's mind. But that post will quickly destroy friendships we tried so hard to foster. I've been running online communities since 1992 using BBSs and dialup modems on a 1200baud modem. I've seen this destroy more communities that I'd like to count. I worked hard to keep SSV running smoothly and without drama. I don't think it's too much to ask that we keep political discussions off SSV. If you want to ruin friendships and argue with strangers, Facebook is the place to be. If you want to talk about making sawdust and talk shop, SSV is the place to be. Thanks for understanding. dgman, Be_O_Be, Mark SW and 7 others 7 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCtoolguy Posted November 16, 2021 Report Share Posted November 16, 2021 Travis, as always, you are right. It's good that you are in charge and keep people like me in line. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppnerguy Posted November 16, 2021 Report Share Posted November 16, 2021 I also agree with Travis and what he says. Politics and religion are beliefs people have and although I appreciate that someone has a different view point on these subjects then I may have, I do not like someone trying to run their ideas on this subject down my throat. Everyone is free to believe what they wish and they should be willing to talk about why they believe something to be true , even if it does not agree with my view point, but only for discussion in a friendly way and not to try and prove another persons view to be wrong. This is NOT a place they need to do this but in a private discussion, in person, should one wish to discus their view points. Dick heppnerguy OCtoolguy, kmmcrafts and John B 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCtoolguy Posted November 16, 2021 Report Share Posted November 16, 2021 25 minutes ago, heppnerguy said: I also agree with Travis and what he says. Politics and religion are beliefs people have and although I appreciate that someone has a different view point on these subjects then I may have, I do not like someone trying to run their ideas on this subject down my throat. Everyone is free to believe what they wish and they should be willing to talk about why they believe something to be true , even if it does not agree with my view point, but only for discussion in a friendly way and not to try and prove another persons view to be wrong. This is NOT a place they need to do this but in a private discussion, in person, should one wish to discus their view points. Dick heppnerguy That's why God invented the PM section. Les and I used to have some great conversations there. I sure miss him. kmmcrafts 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmmcrafts Posted November 16, 2021 Report Share Posted November 16, 2021 I don't like to see politics on this site and I always stay mostly out of conversation of politic online.. I do enjoy reading others opinions on polatics and world news and what have you but I do typically keep my opinions to myself.. Boy there sure gets to be some heated topics that goes into a grade school kids name calling etc. etc. We sure don't want that here and I totally respect the policies we have in place here. OCtoolguy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppnerguy Posted November 17, 2021 Report Share Posted November 17, 2021 6 hours ago, OCtoolguy said: That's why God invented the PM section. Les and I used to have some great conversations there. I sure miss him. That is where this type of discussions should be too. thanks for the note. Dick heppnerguy OCtoolguy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Blume Posted November 23, 2021 Report Share Posted November 23, 2021 God knows that there are enough other places to discuss any subject you can name. Let's keep this scrollsaw related as sort of a safe haven, a place to get away from things so to speak. And even then, the discussions here can sometimes be a bit testy when brands, types of blades, techniques and even how to affix a pattern are discussed. Please just state your case and avoid domination or calling out others for not doing it your way. In other words, let's be adult about things and enjoy our craft and maybe even use this forum to help and encourage others. OCtoolguy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxfold Posted November 23, 2021 Report Share Posted November 23, 2021 47 minutes ago, Jim Blume said: and maybe even use this forum to help and encourage others. Must confess Jim, I'm a relative newbie, but I've joined and then left several other 'scrollsaw groups' as I personally found them unpalatable, however, this group was the first that I found on my scrollsaw journey and is now the only one I belong to.. People on here are the most helpful bunch you'll find anywhere on the planet. They've steered me through so much, what machine, what wood, how to, how not too.!! I'm tremendously indebted to this community. Very occasionally a 'squabble' rears it's head but Travis keeps us in check and then all runs smoothly again. JMO Travis, Jim Blume, dgman and 3 others 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadBob Posted November 24, 2021 Report Share Posted November 24, 2021 I think this discussion in political. OCtoolguy and kmmcrafts 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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