Should the topics of war and terrorism continue to be banned on the list? (The Serious Business board on the BBS is currently the only valid forum for these topics) Vote re-opened 2006.06.08.
Lift the ban	6.19	(6.90%)
Continue the ban	83.42	(93.10%)
decisiveness		(77.24%)
unvoted equity		(10.34%)
voted equity		(89.66%)
34 Voters: Matt Arnold, LenKen, Drakeo Vortex, Joe Dees, Walter Watts, rhinoceros, hkhenson@rogers.com, romanov, ElvenSage, Kid-A, opsima, Ophis, David Lucifer, DrSebby, Casey, the.bricoleur, Sat, prometheus, michelle, nedwob, outlawpoet, MoEnzyme, Blunderov, Alex Future Bokov, DJ dAndroid, chippedlogic, Pabreetzio, simul, Hermit, pickler, archangelsin, goomba, teh, letheomaniac,
voter	voted for	comment
Matt Arnold	Continue the ban	Those of us who are tired of hearing this topic barge into our other discussions will hopefully receive better enforcement of the existing rule restricting it to the Serious Business section.
Drakeo Vortex	Continue the ban	These discussions are breeding grounds for non-virion behavior.
hkhenson@rogers.com	Continue the ban	Current political material is on topic only if being used as examples
romanov	private	no comment
ElvenSage	Continue the ban	no comment
rhinoceros	Lift the ban	We had better learn how to handle real life issues and the system should see to that.
Kid-A	Lift the ban	no comment
opsima	Continue the ban	no comment
Ophis	Lift the ban	no comment
Joe Dees	Lift the ban	no comment
Walter Watts	Lift the ban	ABOUT FACE!!! -- echoing rhino -- We had better learn how to handle real life issues and the system should see to that.
David Lucifer	Continue the ban	I agree it is not the best solution, but we need something better in place first before lifting the ban
LenKen	Continue the ban	This is probably the lesser of the two evils: Though I’d prefer that no one be banned from the mailing list (well, maybe not no one), I’d prefer even more that the mailing list remain interesting.
DrSebby	private	no comment
Casey	Continue the ban	I'm with Lucifer on this one. Until a better solution comes to fruition, then this topic should be banned. I've no problems with the topic, per se. But, the list bombing of articles to the list has the tendency to lead to problems.
the.bricoleur	private	no comment
Sat	private	no comment
prometheus	private	no comment
michelle	Continue the ban	no comment
nedwob	Lift the ban	just because this TERROR meme (promoted by Bush etc.) is so affective espeically in US that does not mean we should ban its discussion, it must be exposed.
outlawpoet	Lift the ban	no comment
MoEnzyme	Lift the ban	echo Rhino. The problem isn't the topic but the disruptions of one person. Ban that person and not the topic.
Blunderov	Lift the ban	It seems to me the tinkerings with the reputation system are effective. In any case it seems absurd not to discuss what are the most momentous events this century.
Alex Future Bokov	private	no comment
DJ dAndroid	Lift the ban	no comment
chippedlogic	Continue the ban	no comment
Pabreetzio	Lift the ban	no comment
simul	private	no comment
Hermit	private	Attempted topic bans are simply silly. If anything should be addressed, abuse, abusive behavior and repetitively abusive people should be managed via Meridion - rather than attempting to manage ideas.
pickler	Lift the ban	there are rules (of sorts) to safegaurd against abuse? then lift the ban and allow heated yet "respectful" discussion/debate. possibly a moderated section?
archangelsin	Continue the ban	no comment
goomba	Continue the ban	serious business sounds line a fine place for it
teh	Continue the ban	no comment
letheomaniac	Lift the ban	Meridion works! War & terrorism are extremely relevant and should be discussed.