Yikes!

It's one of those days.

The constant bashing of the pro-Bush and pro-Kerry camps is getting out of hand around here. Is this just going to get worse in the next two months? How was it in 2000?

Parhaps a "Zero Tolerance" policy on posting guidelines needs to be applied by the mods to help control things?

How many more anti-Bush/anti-Kerry threads based on party talking points are needed around here. There is little in the way of informed debate taking place.

Thankfully I'm leaving for a short time.

Good time for an ATS break.

Hope I don't suffer withdrawal symptoms!

good move, ive taken two breaks from ATS and its good to clear your head. Hope you come back very soon

I've seen many a good forum descend into the bowels of politicizing and bickering over politics in every thread. I've been watching threads ove rthe past several days here at ATS, and I see politics starting to weave its way into a few outside of the topically specific threads. I hope this can be controlled before yet another great forum and discussion based group descends into politicial infighting.

Maybe a one week hiatus from anything short of monumental in the political arena?

Originally posted by infinite
good move, ive taken two breaks from ATS and its good to clear your head. Hope you come back very soon

Yeah. I leave tomorrow and will be back in about ten days.

I agree with everlastingnoitall many threads are devolving even in the non-political forums. Seems people get a political lable attached to them and the opponents take glee in slinging cheap shots at them.

An unintended consequence for Campaign 2004 Forum participants I'm affraid. Their avatars now carry a political bulls-eye.