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I didn't want the thread polluted with your nonsense.    It worked for my purposes. 
Just because you were a doctor is not that important.  Many do not consider you such an authority you expect we might.
 

I've never had decent Key Lime Pie outside of South Florida.  I'm sure it exists somewhere but I've never found it.  You must have key limes to make it or it won't be as good as it should be.  I lived in Miami during most of the 1990's so I had ample opportunity to enjoy excellent Key Lime Pie.  Joe's Sone Crab was my favorite.  We still order the KLP from Joe's.  It ships overnight via Fedex and is packed in dry ice.  So good.  

You simply don’t know that to be the case. You may believe it to be true but making a blanket definitive statement like the above doesn’t fly. 
 
Look… we agree there is a real homeless/mental health problem in the US that is unsustainable as it is.  Developing a long-term fix that improves things for all concerned is the challenge. 
 
In my view, one of government’s roles is to provide support for those most vulnerable in our society.  That includes the very young, the elderly, and the infirmed (mental & physical).  We need to do a much better job supporting the mentally infirmed. 

You simply don’t know that to be the case. You may believe it to be true but making a blanket definitive statement like the above doesn’t fly. 
 
Look… we agree there is a real homeless/mental health problem in the US that is unsustainable as it is.  Developing a long-term fix that improves things for all concerned is the challenge. 
 
In my view, one of government’s roles is to provide support for those most vulnerable in our society.  That includes the very young, the elderly, and the infirmed (mental & physical).  We need to do a much better job supporting the mentally infirmed. 

Maybe, as I was, he is a little dumbfounded that you think  "a lot of research" done ~40 years ago as a high-school student qualifies you as an authority on the topic now.  If it was a master's thesis or a doctoral dissertation you were relying on,  you might be on firmer ground.  I'm sure, however, that it was an excellent piece of work for a high-school student.

It’s really true cuz I read about it in High School dammit!!! ROTFL😂😂😂. 

Actually I do.
Its was the topic of my Junior debate championship in High School.

You simply don’t know that to be the case. You may believe it to be true but making a blanket definitive statement like the above doesn’t fly. 
 
Look… we agree there is a real homeless/mental health problem in the US that is unsustainable as it is.  Developing a long-term fix that improves things for all concerned is the challenge. 
 
In my view, one of government’s roles is to provide support for those most vulnerable in our society.  That includes the very young, the elderly, and the infirmed (mental & physical).  We need to do a much better job supporting the mentally infirmed. 

You simply don’t know that to be the case. You may believe it to be true but making a blanket definitive statement like the above doesn’t fly. 
 
Look… we agree there is a real homeless/mental health problem in the US that is unsustainable as it is.  Developing a long-term fix that improves things for all concerned is the challenge. 
 
In my view, one of government’s roles is to provide support for those most vulnerable in our society.  That includes the very young, the elderly, and the infirmed (mental & physical).  We need to do a much better job supporting the mentally infirmed. 

I agree with most of your post, but I do question the part I bolded.  I'm not sure how well the mentally ill were cared for when asylums were still in existence throughout the US.  There are plenty of nightmare stories from those days.  
It's a very complicated issue (what to do with the mentally ill).  I don't have a solution...but I do know that allowing the mentally ill to just roam the streets unsupervised is not the answer.   

I agree with most of your post, but I do question the part I bolded.  I'm not sure how well the mentally ill were cared for when asylums were still in existence throughout the US.  There are plenty of nightmare stories from those days.  
It's a very complicated issue (what to do with the mentally ill).  I don't have a solution...but I do know that allowing the mentally ill to just roam the streets unsupervised is not the answer.   

I agree with most of your post, but I do question the part I bolded.  I'm not sure how well the mentally ill were cared for when asylums were still in existence throughout the US.  There are plenty of nightmare stories from those days.  
It's a very complicated issue (what to do with the mentally ill).  I don't have a solution...but I do know that allowing the mentally ill to just roam the streets unsupervised is not the answer.   

You asked for thoughts and I appreciate that.  Here goes:
I think it's unrealistic to expect a voluntarily gentlemanly discussion on any issue that involves politics (even if just on the fringes of politics) in the absence of effective moderation.  Nothing about this is at all unique to this site.  It's to be expected anywhere a political issue is discussed amongst a diverse group of participants.
Waiting for eons till a thread spirals completely out of control and then shutting it down does not constitute effective moderation.  Hands need to be slapped in a timely manner.  Time-outs need to be issued when rules are broken.  Period.  Finally (and most importantly), the forum members need to see first hand that bad actors do indeed face consequences.  A poster who is currently on a "time-out" needs to be visible to other posters so everyone can connect the dots.  Time-out posters used to be visible to all posters but, somewhere along the line during Daddy's tenure, it was decided that the "time-out" indicator under an individual's "handle" on all his/her posts would be removed.  So no-one knows who is on time out versus just not posting for a while.  I don't know why this was done but I never understood it.  The posting community needs to know who is on time-out.  
I feel the above gives some constructive thoughts on the question asked.  I would expect that if these rules were introduced and enforced, moderation of any potential politics threads would become easier in short order.
Thanks again for requesting our input on this touchy topic.
 
 
 

He probably was grounded. 

Whilst I miss the politics forum, I don’t miss the right wing extremists on this site having a platform to push their hate and lies. I have always believed that the only way a politics forum can survive on this site long term is for it to be much more actively moderated/managed than it was.   If that isn’t possible, then the politics forum is better off dead. 

I could have written the above paragraph myself!  I completely concur.

The Stock Bar website indicates that the next live show will be Friday April 28th.  It's being labeled the "Grand Reveal".  I guess they are doing some remodeling and are closed today and tomorrow (Wednesday & Thursday).  Here's hoping for great things to come!

I could have written the above paragraph myself!  I completely concur.

I could have written the above paragraph myself!  I completely concur.

The Stock Bar website indicates that the next live show will be Friday April 28th.  It's being labeled the "Grand Reveal".  I guess they are doing some remodeling and are closed today and tomorrow (Wednesday & Thursday).  Here's hoping for great things to come!

The Stock Bar website indicates that the next live show will be Friday April 28th.  It's being labeled the "Grand Reveal".  I guess they are doing some remodeling and are closed today and tomorrow (Wednesday & Thursday).  Here's hoping for great things to come!

The Stock Bar website indicates that the next live show will be Friday April 28th.  It's being labeled the "Grand Reveal".  I guess they are doing some remodeling and are closed today and tomorrow (Wednesday & Thursday).  Here's hoping for great things to come!

The Stock Bar website indicates that the next live show will be Friday April 28th.  It's being labeled the "Grand Reveal".  I guess they are doing some remodeling and are closed today and tomorrow (Wednesday & Thursday).  Here's hoping for great things to come!

No.  I got the 2nd dose exactly when I was supposed to(scheduled on my initial visit)  My infant vaccine records were not clear on whether I had the smallpox vaccine or not so I did the entire Monkeypox regimen.  

Bye Felicia!   I could not stand looking at his fat face.