Any chance of a new "ignore" feature ...

Bezzer

... that just gets rid of political and religious threads because as well intentioned as they start, they always end up with everyone calling each other c***s?

And a flag, you know, to mark a thread as such when the one about how much you like kittens turns into how Dawkins voted Brexit because God was a Remain supporter even though he doesn't exist and you believing in Him or one of his many guises makes you a facist c***

Just a thought ...

Bezzer

Or maybe I should just join a hippy commune

chrispy108

Or just be less precious about words on the internet?

Ravenous

Aren't you the one who started the "Remoaner" thread then ran away after the first post?

thomasross20

Different folk get annoyed at different things and handle it all differently. It's why I don't go into OT as much as I do music-related sections. 

guitarfishbay

Just don't use OT and SC?

fretmeister

Bezz, haven't you got bass practice to do?

Sambostar

Also, there needs to be a special section for gingers so no one gets pissed off or offended.

JezWynd

I find this one of the few forums where contentious issues can be discussed without getting into a slanging match.

Winny_Pooh

Sambostar said:

Also, there needs to be a special section for gingers so no one gets pissed off or offended.

It would be like having your own subforum, and you might as well start your own forum. 
I reckon www.gingershredssupremacy.com is probably still available.

Gassage

I have never seen anyone on here call each other c**ts. Never, save for maybe a couple of scamming incidents.

If you take my Article 50 thread as a case, two of the key protagonists v my views are @fretwired and @evilmags and I can assure you we've actually, via PM or Facebook, been laughing at ourselves. (well, not Mags, we jusg laugh at him.) It's a wonderful attribute that music seems to be much bigger than anything else.

Fretwired

Gassage said:

I have never seen anyone on here call each other c**ts. Never, save for maybe a couple of scamming incidents.

If you take my Article 50 thread as a case, two of the key protagonists v my views are @fretwired and @evilmags and I can assure you we've actually, via PM or Facebook, been laughing at ourselves. (well, not Mags, we jusg laugh at him.) It's a wonderful attribute that music seems to be much bigger than anything else.

I agree with @Gassage ... If I make a comment I don't mind if someone has a go and tells me I'm spouting bollocks and I have changed my mind on issues. I don't see people down here calling each other c***s. I'm actually wavering on Brexit - is it worth all the aggro to leave? I don't know. But this is in the basement .. it's easily avoided. Just stick threads on religion/Brexit in SP and leave OT for talking about cats and bicycles.

It's like buying a flat near a pub and then getting pissed off when it puts on heavy metal acts on a Friday night when you'd prefer a latte and some Nu jazz. Get over it .. :-)

Heartfeltdawn

Bezzer said:

... that just gets rid of political and religious threads because as well intentioned as they start, they always end up with everyone calling each other c***s?

So no different to the Bonamassa threads then. 

Fretwired

Heartfeltdawn said:

Bezzer said:

... that just gets rid of political and religious threads because as well intentioned as they start, they always end up with everyone calling each other c***s?

So no different to the Bonamassa threads then. 

Serious lol ...

monquixote

Just block SC

The rest of the site is reasonably civil.

I don't read SC and enjoy the site more as a result.

marantz1300

Sambostar said:

Also, there needs to be a special section for gingers so no one gets pissed off or offended.

Fuck off.

my beard is ginge.

marantz1300

Cunt!

marantz1300

I love you Sambostar.

marantz1300

XXX

Sambostar

Fascist.

AliGorie

Bez, this is a real good 'open' forum and we've got important 'stuff' in our lives other than guitars and music.
Here we can vent off without getting childish and threads locked.
well done 'the fret board'.