DennisD
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Let us recap.I just want politics banned from a car forum. But the forum administrator isn't running a monopoly and we are all voluntarily participating in the forum. So while on the surface it may seem ironic, it isn't really remotely the same thing.
I hope you have a good evening as well.
You purposely enter and respond to posts in this thread titled, "Wyoming tempts to bans EV's"
Wyoming, in this example is the legislative branch of the State. That in itself, screams politics. Right (Wyoming) vs. Left (California) in this specific example.
If you look at almost every post of mine (and others on this thread btw) we are asserting our view on when banning is acceptable or not. I get it that you coincide with a more libertarian view and really don't think any role in a Gov't. function should be able to dictate for us but rather allow the market to dictate instead. I not only get that point but I to some extent agree with it to a certain level.
You go on to say that banning should not occur but rather letting the "people" dictate the direction of any said item should be allowed. You even went as far to suggest that the Govt. should not have banned lead from paint. That is still a head scratcher but I digress.
You now want an entity, if you will to step in and ban this thread because it has digressed into something that you were a full participant in and seemed fine with it to a certain point.
This is where I actually (somewhat) agree with your original assertation of control.
As long as we are civil (and I think we generally are), let us have this debate and let the individuals on this forum decide if they truly want to be participants in this thread rather than an a administrator. If not, they are free to choose to watch or be participants in countless other threads on this forum. Now if we slid into a totally different subject or we were disrespectful with each other, please by all means allow the "hammer ban" take over by the admin. (that is kind of the point of my original assertion of when bans should take place by an authoritative figure.)
After all, we are taking about banning (which once again is the title of this thread) and we are in line with speaking about what role a Govt. entity should have in said control. That is really been my main focus of this entire discussion.
I respectfully disagree with your points but I do see some (and that is a stretch) with a few points of yours. At the end of the day though, I just think that if the actions that a Gov't. does is for the well being of the innocent (through no fault of their own), I am fine with said actions if there is no harm/no foul. If I am in disagreement, I would use my power of the vote to change the direction.
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