Ownership of a thread

Some of the people who responded to my 'one mg or two' thread want to talk about an election on the other side of the world to me.I wonder if , rather than discussing their topic here, they should give us all a site address where we can go and discuss their topic?

Thanks to those who have answered my question.

Peter,
Most of us are just exercising our 1st Amendment Rights - Freedom of Speech. But I answered your question - two mg's are always better than one.
Regards,
Jim 'ACE'

I've got to agree with you here. I don't mind anyone using their right to free speech, but this is a WW1 Aviation forum, not a US Politics forum. If people wish to discuss the forthcoming Presidential election in the US, or gun control, or the situation in Cuba, there are plenty of sites/forums which will allow you to do so. Please use them! If you feel you must discuss the issue here, then kindly put OFF TOPIC in front of your thread so that those of us who have no interest in the subject avoid wasting time reading the thread! And, folks, lets try to keep to the subject of a given thread.

I'm not wishing to start a flame war or anything, but if a thread on this forum started to discuss British/Australian/European/Asian politics, we would be quickly shot down in flames for daring to discuss off topic subjects! (Quickly checking my six!)

Just my twopeneth' worth!

Vince

[stephen]

>>>if a thread on this forum started to discuss British/Australian/European/Asian politics, we would be quickly shot down in flames for daring to discuss off topic subjects!

I think you might be surprised at the interest level in international politics. WWI aviation seems to draw people who have political interests, and I don't think its strictly limited to the USA. But lets be honest... THIS thread is way, way off topic and it hasn't been nuked yet - and your own standard it should be.

Generally speaking if I don't like the topic on a thread, I click this little mouse thingy and go read something else. I've found it quick, painless, and quite effective. Its a free country, you know (HA! A political comment!)

[Craig]

IMHO it would be better if we DID stay "on topic". But when the "Ugly Americans" rear their xenophobic heads, SOMEbody's gotta shut them down, or at least show a more reasonable face to non-American contributors/visitors.

Most threads ARE "on-topic" - WW I aviation related. I find it fascinating to learn more about the views of fellow forumites on other issues -- on occasion -- very occasionally actually. I don't see anything wrong with on occasional foray "off message". I do agree that co-opting someones thread for this purpose is not very polite - but hey these are conversations and sometimes they take turns. Lets lighten up and enjoy our forum.

As to the ugly Americans comment - I'm sure the rest of the world community can put up with us once in a while considering our dead are littered around the world having preserved the freedom for rude comments like the aforementioned to be made. Without those men and men like Jim "Ace" who are currently keeping us free I shudder to think what kind of forum we would be allowed to have - in any venue.

John G.
Ugly American - and very proud of it !

John G.

G'day John,

Good to see you back.

Andrew Smith

[Vin]

Peter,

The lads like to get stuck into the Democrats, Guns and the Amendments (Do you reckon if they had sat down and thought it through a bit more carefully, they might not have made so many mistakes ?) from time to time. Other favourites are film actresses, fairy stories and blokes nobody else has ever heard of. For all that they are not a bad mob. You just have to be a bit patient


Vin

[stephen]

>>>and blokes nobody else has ever heard of.

You must mean the 50,000 dead ones that helped you win your war.

John,
Craig is merely showing the other face of American's who've never ventured beyond the bounds of their TV's, you know ... the one that they keep their pants over! Back to the subject ... uh would you like one MG or Two? As opposed to one lump or two for your tea?
Xenophobic ... Gee Craig, that's musta took you YEARS of schooling to learn to spell and pronounce! ; )

Regards,
Jim 'ACE'