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Politics finds it's way into more and more conversations for the simple reason that politicians force their way into more and more aspects of peoples lives. If politicians, and bureaucrats, were not issuing new mandates that affect motorcycling there would be much less talk of politics in this forum.

When government is small and it's influence limited, politics (and lobbying) is less important and is a small part of most peoples lives. When government grows to gargantuan size and seeks to control everything, politics (and lobbying) become vitally important as people need to influence government to protect themselves and their interests.




This is pretty much exactly what Moe (and other mods in private) is talking about. Inserting political opinion into a conversation. And even tho Moe's statement was about politics, it was really about HOW politics are discussed, not WHAT the politics are. There's a difference. Yes sometimes we let things slide, and sometimes we just plain miss it. But regardless of relevence and opinion, that's the way things are. Like Soren said, there's a forum for relavent topics. And don't whine about "exposure at the bottom of the list"! I've heard it all before

Benny Black & Silver '02 Too many mods to list Not enough miles ridden