We are seeing people bringing politics into conversations here on TrainBoard, both overtly and some which are sliding theirs in less obviously, yet deliberately. A reminder that no matter where you are on this site, politics, excepting within a railroad historical context, are strictly prohibited. Reference: https://www.trainboard.com/highball/index.php?threads/rules-for-posting.104938/ Let us please keep TrainBoard a peaceful refuge from the pressures of life outside of our hobby. Thank you. BoxcabE50 Administrator
"Peaceful refuge" is a very apt description. Unlike social media, Trainboard is actually social. There is sharing of accomplishments and ideas. People are helpful. That's a greatly appreciated rarity in this day and age and should be respected and guarded by all of us.
What people tend to forget, sometimes 'forgetting' conveniently, is that nobody makes up rules because they have nothing else to do. The rules are posted because they represent an evolution in experience. They are meant to forestall undesirable behaviours.
Thank you for the reminder Box, I just went through this very situation on a local hobby email thread. This is my “happy place”!
Makes me feel old that I remember a time when politics could be and was (not every time) discussed rationally. We need to discuss politics rationally. Desperately.
The only person I talk politics to is Cynthia to keep from stepping on somebody's toes. We are on the same page. Joe
Missed whatever happened Glad I did Understand TB and where it's coming from in the points of the site Thanks for letting this grumpy olde man stay here
I have it based on questionably reliable sources that the word comes from two separate Greek words- "poly, meaning many; and "ticks", meaning blood-sucking parasites. So I've been told..........
SOOOO the post about the WORKERS VOTE NO is that not pure politics ?????????? and dont say no its not because it really is all about politics ! Just sayin
Yes. We are talking about historical railroad employer-employee (private sector) labor relations. General societal (public sector/governmental) politics is a completely different discussion.
Meh. If you can't talk about anything the federal government has got its grubby fingers in these days, you can't talk about anything at all. There was a time when that wasn't true, a civilized age. But we might as well face facts. We can't even talk about that past itself; this government's out to rewrite history.