User blog comment:Skully Of House Lannister/To all the Americans of the Wiki.../@comment-4257955-20160303231201/@comment-4257955-20160304024715

Of course it's not in your control, or my control, Apple. It's in their control. However...

There has been little to reassure me that people will not start meaningless and pointed arguments after someone, whether you or me or whoever, says an opinion. I simply don't have that faith in this wiki anymore. So we need to crack down on any political and religious discussions, people need to stop starting those discussions, or a lot of people have to relearn respectful human conduct. Don't take my entreaties as gospel, but I'm merely asking for people to consider, three times over, the impact their contributions to the scrum of LMBW political arguments has. I'm not sure being at each other's throats, judging people based on their political views, and creating a hostile environment is worth the self-satisfaction saying your opinion on the Topic of The Day brings.

I'm all for a marketplace of ideas and perspectives. But haven't we exhausted every possible political and religious discussion? Most people here know each other's views, and some even negatively associate them with those views! It's ridiculous imo, it's dehumanizing us all. PMs are lovely abodes for deep and meaningful debates between one passionate soul and another. But the arguments out on blog comments and chat are usually disgraceful. I feel like an LMB mod saying this, but I guess this has to always be reiterated: be nice. Treat one another as you would treat yourself. I'm tired of popping on the wiki for there to be an argument nearly every day about an issue we've beaten the crap out of. What's the point? I see none.

That's all I have to say about this...