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‘The conscious is cancerous if allowed to linger’
"Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there."
Posted by: RighteousTyrant
Posted by: Tom T
It is a sensitive topic. Personally I can get sparked off with flippant use of 'getting depressed'. It feeds the problem of people seeing the condition as emotional, rather than comparable to a 'real illness'. This is simply your mistake, as that term doesn't just refer to the mental illness, but also generally to prolonged feelings of dejection and despondency, which of course may not necessarily be related to a mental health problem. One can feel depressed without suffering the affliction of depression.You're not wrong, and I would definitely admit to overreaction on my part. Still, I think it better people are cautious around sensitive areas, and are aware of the danger of [mis]interpretation. The politics analogy/comparison DeeJ used ITT is an apt one, there are some areas/terms where people are prone to emotional outburst, rather than exercising their better judgment.
As for the discussion in this thread... I don't see an issue with the pros and cons of policy being debated. I think problems only really occur when people begin labelling and namedropping with X party, Y leaning and Z individual. This leads posters to jump to the defence of something using the only resource they have, their own anger. Threads that can avoid this (such as the examples Nerd Boi gave) can continue for a lengthy period with little problem, and invite a more theoretical discussion not definable as political. A mod might have to step in occasionally and ban those that force the thread in an undesirable direction, but the thread overall can remain intact.
So really, it is a case of understanding that nothing need be inherently political, but also a case of mods deciding whether a posted thread can avoid becoming directly political, without too much intervention on their part. This is the point where I get to talk about importance of judgment, and express gladness that the rules allow for ambiguity. Well, it makes some sense in my head, anyway.
[Edited on 12.20.2012 8:49 AM PST]