Dear members,
I would like to draw your attention to increasing number of threads on political discussions in Jatland. It's not that politics shouldn't be discussed here but the way it gets discussed and the way its affects functioning of forum might distract us from other important aspects of the forum. First of all, most of political discussions lead to nothing, people retain their opinions with which they started, only end up being unpleasantly brainwashed. Secondly, most of the political arguments remain shallow and extreme left or extreme right. Very few people show balanced views by keeping in mind the whole picture. Political discussion is good as long as it's not a blind propoganda of one ideology or other. You can always find arguments to support or oppose any ideology. The point remains do you want to keep arguing for the sake of argument or are you sincere enough to listen to others and get benefit from varities of opinions. Some impressionable and politically inert members might get misled by shallow and partial picture shown in political discussions. Thirdly and most importantly, the political discussion cause animosity among members here. People sharing common political views tend to form subtle clots in forum and these people get habituated to stick to each other unconsciously in apolitical discussions too. If one can agree with everyone's rational arguments one reaches at conclusion that BJP and Congress both are evil, but is it complete truth?
I would request members to be little considerate while jumping into ideological or political battle.
-vinod