Originally Posted By MomofPrincess I don't find it to be hostile here, necessarily--just negative, dismal and depressing. Real life? Sure, but I've had enough tragedy in real life that I (personally) don't care to spend my free time talking about all that's wrong in the world (most of which is completely out of my control). I do have political opinions and beliefs of my own, and I'm also very middle-of-the-road and open-minded. I don't find a lot of open-mindedness here, frankly. I find a lot of people arguing til they're blue in the face and not getting through to anyone. So, no thanks! Not for me.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper Until kids can name the President and locate Washington D.C. on a map I'm not going to be too concerned with them wandering into World Events.
Originally Posted By MomofPrincess ^No kidding. Of course they all know who Ronald McDonald is, though.
Originally Posted By alexbook >>Would you really allow your "kids" to participate in such topics such as Abortion, Rapes and torture in Iraq, etc etc.<< Probably not. That's why these should be off-limit topics on a kid-friendly site like LP.
Originally Posted By Beaumandy Moderation said it very well. These debates are hillarious and not to be taken to serious. The run up to the 2004 elections was THE wildest, snipiest, nastiest time ever on WE. It was great!! We had full blown moonbats, KKK members, Kerry lovers, Dobson worshipers, comunists, that Toad person, World Disney, TikiDude, Mr X, and on and on. Throw in the fact that the admins let things slide and you had a wild free for all without the bad words. I thought itr was fun and that is coming from a guy who was attacked every day by the liberals. RT, you actually voted for Bush because of these boards I recall. You were in a mood where you were upset with terrorists more than the GOP so you voted for the party that was serious. Since then you have turned back to your liberal roots. Fine. People can flip flop all they want. Remember the Terri Schiavo wars? That was out of control. Gay mariage?? In 2004 we had full blown wars on here about it. Todays message board is a shadow of what it was because the rules are being strictly enforced and certain people have either left WE or they have complained about others they don't agree with. The end result is a very boring section but we do need to respect the people who run the site. In the end we all love Disney and when we are on Screaming or Tower of Terror or Space Mountain politics or sexual preferance means nothing.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA <Until kids can name the President and locate Washington D.C. on a map I'm not going to be too concerned with them wandering into World Events.> I wonder if the The President can name the President and locate Washington D.C.? ha-ha! I'm Jim in Merced, CA and I'm a funny guy!
Originally Posted By WilliamK99 I'm Jim in Merced, CA and I'm a funny guy!<< If you have to tell yourself you are a funny guy, then that usually means you are not a funny guy ;o)
Originally Posted By WilliamK99 >>Would you really allow your "kids" to participate in such topics such as Abortion, Rapes and torture in Iraq, etc etc.<< Probably not. That's why these should be off-limit topics on a kid-friendly site like LP.<< Take a few minutes to glance at some of the topics in Community, and Play Pen. Some of those topics are worse than things discussed in WE. So are for you an outright ban on all topics not considered friendly for the 7-12 age group?
Originally Posted By WilliamK99 I am playing UB, and hurting, I was in a 10 dollar tourney, $1000 prize pool and lost my JJ vs a J,( offsuit on 5 straight diamonds. Cost me placing in the money. I hate donks...... who goes all in with a J,9 offsuit, then he had the nerve to call me a loser for going all in with a pocket pair before the flop.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper I'm for NOT vacationing in the Middle East. I won't be going to Six Flags Beirut anytime soon. And you can count me out of Tel-Aviv Disney too.
Originally Posted By Beaumandy Bab Beat William. I lost the $1500 WSOP Limit Hold event a few weeks back in Vegas when my AA got beat by AQ. He flopped a Queen and rivered a Queen. I swear it cost me 50 grand! Oh, WE is a great place.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA I'm Jim in Merced, CA and I'm a funny guy!<< <If you have to tell yourself you are a funny guy, then that usually means you are not a funny guy ;o)> Right! That's what makes it funny! That's comedy. Sorry you're so grumpy.
Originally Posted By WilliamK99 Right! That's what makes it funny! That's comedy. Sorry you're so grumpy.<< LMAO ;o)
