Presidential Elections 2012

[PrettyNier]

Excusing the fact that the discussions had here were about those topics in a general manner and not about how they're connected to the election. I don't know if you've read the thread but they were quite derailing.


I'd appreciate a less provocating manner in general in order not to cause any trouble.

I did - the subject is always relevant. Politics is a matter of societal and governmental discourse, which means that any issue, even if only tangentially, is fundamentally related to the subject so long as it has any bearing on human behavior on an external or an internal basis; this becomes doubly so when there is anything resembling a direct legislative impact.

In order to debate the subject of homosexuality or religion as it relates directly to the political sphere, i.e. "gay marriage" or "the role of religion in government" it is also necessary to discuss and attempt to discern the reasons that one believes what they believe. For example, to believe that gay marriage is wrong is contingent upon a number of other beliefs that ultimately inform that particular belief. Understanding and opinion are contextual: and for that reason, it is important to be able to discuss that context if any progress, if any actual development, is meant to be attained.

That is, after all, the point of a discussion. It is counter-intuitive to reduce it to simply stating a perspective with minimal context.

That's all I have to say on that matter.