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abaya, take note that at least one female member is unhappy to see her posts, made in the LL, transferred into the politics forum.
With regards to the issue at hand:
There are many reasons why I don't post in the Politics forum often, as I don't post in several other sections of the TFP often. I don't see it as a problem. I post where I want to and I'm not scared of anyone.
Politics has always been a big part of my life, as my father was a politician himself. It was thrust upon me at a young age, whether I wanted it to be or not. I have the political vein in me too, I know that much. I have been involved in a few activities that involved politics. I also learned that it's not something I want to do with my life, because it's really very tiresome and would suck the life out of me. Politics is very hard work and most times a tough struggle.
My life currently is very busy and politics is not something worth discussing lightly. Not unless you want to engage in a discussion that yields very little and actually tires you out. That's how I feel about it. Most people don't know much about politics, they just like to open their mouths and talk. I don't presume to do that. Many US political issues I am not familiar with in depth, through lack of time, interest, etc. So I'd rather not weigh in with a badly supported opinion - particularly in the area of politics. I'm not about to start posting about Portuguese politics because I think that wouldn't interest most people. It's hard enough finding the time to write about the policies of your own country, let alone someone else's. Unless it's something of general interest our out of the ordinary.
I also agree with other posters here who say that in the TFP politics forum there is a tendency to be some bashing which can deter even the most willing user.
I don't feel that being a woman stops me from posting or from my responses being valid in a politics thread. But it must be said that while girls here tend to be more diplomatic, there are some men in that forum that tend to forget to listen and are poorly mannered. Then also, we all have lives to lead, so why get into an online fuss? It's not worth it.
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Whether we write or speak or do but look
We are ever unapparent. What we are
Cannot be transfused into word or book.
Our soul from us is infinitely far.
However much we give our thoughts the will
To be our soul and gesture it abroad,
Our hearts are incommunicable still.
In what we show ourselves we are ignored.
The abyss from soul to soul cannot be bridged
By any skill of thought or trick of seeming.
Unto our very selves we are abridged
When we would utter to our thought our being.
We are our dreams of ourselves, souls by gleams,
And each to each other dreams of others' dreams.
Fernando Pessoa, 1918
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