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Holy crap, like, I know

Seriously roachboy, I'm personally not of the opinion that every post needs to be a typed out sound bite. I just read your entire post, and found it to be quite interesting. You also didn't come out with something like

"jesus pigglet, is it even partially conceivable that someone who hasn't suffereed a partial lobotomy might want to post on these boards, and that some of us might actually enjoy some aspects of this format? well, i suppose that what's what one might expect given the current status of informational discourse these days" which is more in-line with how i see most positions layed out around here.

i also think my point stands in relationship to the general question of why more discussion doesn't occur in the politics forum. i think the general issue of not showing others basic respect, of pretending there is a conversation going on when frequently its just mutual political masturbation is a problem that drives people away.

and yes, particular to host's posting style, i think that the multiple instances of drawn out quote-boxes, interspersed with sometimes condescending commentary, random highlighting and so forth, leads to a distracting presentation which can be overhwhelming for many. i'm not saying you, in particular (obviously), but the question was "why isn't there more discussion," not "why isn't there some discussion" or even "why isn't some of the discussion of high quality?"

you and ustwo can have all the fun you want, but i frequently wouldn't really call it discussion. i almost always find your posts interesting, as i've told you before, and i occasionally find ustwo's interesting as well, although the one-liners he throws out are less useful to me. but on many subjects i can't pretend i'm watching a reasoned debate. its just not structured that way.

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