The devastation that Katrina left

Originally Posted by Nadir

Again, my point was that if you want to discuss politics, do it in a political forum. want to discuss soccer and milan? do it here. the moment this place has a political sub forum, u will see tensions rise and spill over into the soccer topics and people will start leaving in droves.

if we have a political sub-forum, let's start one for religious discussion as well.

Again thanks for putting your opinion into this matter. There is some things that I have disagreement with and it isnt with your opinion in particular.
If we are to only talk about football, in all fairness we should keep in mind that we do have a very busy forum discussing a wide range of topics. I dont want them to close down. Yet it would appear to be inconsistent to keep those open as it does not pertain to football either.
If it is a matter of controversy, I would counterpoint that there is heated disagreement all the time in all forums including those pertaining to football matters. I would hope the you'd agree with me on this point.
I have put something down and layed it all on the table by saying if we want a football forum, then let's be purists about it and ONLY talk football. I brought forward this point to show what I think we'd be risking if they actually do take this point. I dont want them to... I'm only trying to get people to understand what they are asking for. Do they want this to be a football only forum??? If that's the case, then lets be fair and consistent about this.

Originally Posted by Nadir

As far as closing threads go, perhaps leaving heated up threads open is a good idea so that all the heat is confined to that one thread instead of it spilling over

I agree. I find it that by keeping the thread open, we allow people to respond and in many cases the dissenting parties either make up and/or respectfully agree to disagree. When a thread is closed it gives zero chance for that and the sentiment becomes bitter.
You and me agree on things and obviously disagree on many points as well. I dont think that has stopped us one bit by having some kind of mutual respect for each other here in MM. Coincidentally we joined MM the same friggin day sometime May in 1999. So we are old time veterans here. We seen members come and go for whatever reason. I think we'll both get some compromise on this. It seems we are at a temporary impasse.

Thanks again Nadir for discussing it in the open with me.