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Joeychgo said
Unfortunately some things are hard to 'clearly' define. Sometimes we have to use our judgement, which is by definition, subjective.

because even IF one could argue its not politics, the conversation will almost certainly go there anyway.

This doesn't make sense to me. Dead Service members are not in anyway politics.
Besides, prediciting that a conversation going one way or the other is like saying someone driving a Challenger is going to break the speed limit because it's a muscle car...

zkx14 said
I think we have had some very good 'current events' discussions on this thread without getting into the political drama.
This closely parallels the sexual content situation. A pic can be sexy without being sexually suggestive. I have always understood the latter to be what is unacceptable here or on most any other forum. People generally know when they are going beyond what is allowed.

Exactly. And that is what is so confusing and aggravating, we've had conversations way deeper into politics than what we had yesterday. I just don't want to get smacked again for talking about something directly related to me, that is not connected to politics, without knowing the line actually is. Think about it, everything on this forum can be related to politics if one tries hard enough.

Speed Limits- set by goverment
MPG requirements-set by goverment
Emissions- government

Wanna take a vacation and fly to Japan, gotta go thru the government, which involves policies made by politicans...