(January 20, 2016 at 4:47 pm)RaphielDrake Wrote:(January 20, 2016 at 4:30 pm)Pandæmonium Wrote: This is not aimed at removing theists. In fact more often than not the people we'd have sought to remove were atheists.
We are not advocating the removal of people just for having different views, just to clarify. There is also no 'point' to this forum beyond whatever you as a member drawn from it. Some may view it as a crutch or an outlet, some (like me) just view it as a place to hang out.
I'm just saying. If you remove people for being lunatics well, you're missing an opportunity to learn how to pacify lunatics.
Considering some of the arguably radical responses the subject provokes across the world that seems like a loss.
Pacifying is a skill as much as debating is and in the cases where you're handling "negative influences" its vital.
These people can't be banned from real life or the public discourse that often dictates policy.
Oh don't get me wrong I agree with you. But I need to iterate that it's not the purpose of this forum to do any of that. I really don't care what these people do on the Internet or in RL. On this forum I only care about the forum and its operation.
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