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Doc John, thanks for this decision. I used to enjoy the current events forum. I liked sharing news stories I found and reading what others posted. Then we had the presidential primaries and election in the US. Threads about those topics took over the forum. It got hard to find other topics in the forum. As important as the election was there's other important news in the world too. To top it off, many (most?) of the discussions turned nasty and personal (violation of PC guidelines). It got so I didn't want to visit the forum anymore because of the ugliness. I don't need anyone to protect me, but I come to PC to unwind. The rancour in that forum, at the time, was not restful to me. Yes, I could (and did) stop visiting the forum, but missed out on other topics posted.
Personally, I believe Doc John's (and the admins) decision is a great compromise. Removing political discussion from current events will, hopefully, allow folks to get back to posting about other important news events. At the same time there is the social group and attendant forum for political discussion. Seems like a win-win to me.
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