Basement? Doesn't belong there.
-barney
I think that's part of where the divide comes in seeing that things sometimes *do* belong there, and what it's for. The vast majority of DC come here for the software and to discuss issues surrounding that central vision. Every thing else is added on. Because of that focus, there's a wide range of people here, that coexist for the most part peacefully. Politics and religion are unfortunately not areas of peace. And many times, though things are on the surface seemingly related to that vision of software (and by inclusion hardware and things computer related), they are in reality political/religious issues swaddled in a technological covering. And, let's not judge the acceptance of said issues by the vocal majority either- there are several that are by the nature of such threads excluded. To take SJ's mention of losing 40 when we go to the basement... there are some that are lost when the mention of said topics goes off into political land. It is for that reason that I was actually surprised when it wasn't there... because this thread isn't talking about the technology behind said issue, but rather diving head first into the politics.
Also, I'd note that I only said surprised. Whether I agree or disagree that this needs to be front and center, that's a different story. But it is definitely not something that if we were to sit around in a true living room with everyone on the board that would be able to be discussed among the non-homogeneous population of DC IMO. And that's what the basement is for IMO. Not to make something second class, nor to say something intrinsic about the topic. But to keep the peace, and keep the boards from spiraling into what so many become.
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