Religion/Politics Threads: This really needs to stop(plus a poll)

[Xxain]

aLkaLiNE said:

Xxain said:
The only people these threads will push away are those that participate in them but dont have the armor to deal with it. These kinds of threads are the least of this sites content problems. We need to re evaluate what draw/focus of this site is.

That's certainly not true, a neutral bystander could easily be offended by the way that a group of people are treated around here. I believe it's called sympathy, a word that seems to mean less and less these days.

That is the "armor" that i'm talking about. I believe in God. Im not going to let some forum dorkprick convince me otherwise, and I dont care how many threads are made about it. With so many cultural views and different upbringings, you cant expect everybody to be sympathetic about everything. Have armor or dont participate in them or both. Hell, we used to have a bonifide racist on this site .. Ridiculous. This even applies to gaming part of this website. How many threads get hijack because a member made a comparison to competitor, then competitor member comes in then console war.  In general this site need thicker skin, after years of participation on site I honestly believe its an necessity.