What does the "P" in PARF stand for?

[scottmandue]

And why are so many people posting political threads in OT?

[dhoward]

Puree

[Dueller]

Guilty I think people post ideological/philosophical questions in PPOT in the hope a civil discourse can ensue without reducing it to politically oriented/polarized diatribes.

For example there have been some good threads on health care issues or gun control or law enforcememnt or immigration we face as a society as a whole that were not (immediately) reduced to labeling posters as ******* or neocons or whatever that goes on over in PARF.

Besides there are only about 15 regular posters over there and it often just becomes a circle jerk espousing their particular brand of KoolAid be it either extreme. In PPOT there are usually 200+ viewers at any given time. I've learned a lot given sane dialogues.

[Jim Richards]

putz?

[Jagshund]

Originally Posted by Dueller

I think people post ideological/philosophical questions in PPOT in the hope a civil discourse can ensue without reducing it to politically oriented/polarized diatribes.

Whatever they're taking, I want some.

[scottmandue]

I apologize... I should have figured a way to work the word "sniper" into the title of this thread



I can appreciate a good debate... however so many threads as soon as there is a whiff of political content... the piling on and name calling begins.

Very tiresome and the very reason PARF was created.

[legion]

I can think of at least one poster that likes to do this because he thinks he can present his highly-political ideas as fact and suppress dissent by "keeping politics out of it".

[red-beard]

Many of us lobbied to have it called:

PAROT

Political And Religion Off Topic

THAT would have been very appropriate.

[Superman]

Indeed. Or perhaps Bureaucracy And Religion Forum.

[looneybin]

I think it was a typo
It should have been BARF

[Z-man]

Um - yeah....

Keep the political, religious, and controversial subject matter in PARF. Been moving a few threads over there, and will continue to do so.

The reason it is called PARF is because BARF was already taken...

Carry on,
-Z-man.

[imcarthur]

As it stands now, the P stands for Puke.

Ian

[RWebb]

there are a few people who normally post in PARF and if they see some facts they don't like in OT, they will "PARF it up" -- apparently they attempt to force some threads into PARF

[nostatic]

P is for Poopyhead

[dhoward]

Originally Posted by nostatic

P is for Poopyhead

And don' chew ferget it...

[Gogar]

C'mon, you don't like the Pricks And Rudeness Forum?

[jyl]

Originally Posted by RWebb

there are a few people who normally post in PARF and if they see some facts they don't like in OT, they will "PARF it up" -- apparently they attempt to force some threads into PARF

There are some people who are apparently incapable of talking about an issue without making it a partisan political gibe contest. They usually just don't have much else to contribute.

[imcarthur]

Originally Posted by jyl

There are some people who are apparently incapable of talking about an issue without making it a partisan political gibe contest. They usually just don't have much else to contribute.

Exactly. When you look at the viewer numbers, it is always between 20 - 40. They obviously get bored ranting to each other & so they dip down into OT for fresh meat. Pretty pitiful actually.

Ian

[legion]

Originally Posted by jyl

There are some people who are apparently incapable of talking about an issue without making it a partisan political gibe contest. They usually just don't have much else to contribute.

And there are some who post their veiled political rants here so they don't get smacked down in PARF.

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by Gogar

C'mon, you don't like the Pricks And Rudeness Forum?

Perfect. I couldn't have thought of a better one.