Let's get off politics.

i fully agree

...residing in a country (and being happy with that) that most would identify as too liberal, i did not follow it anyway.....

RT, if u are reading this, pls reconsider your retirement from MOT. If you dont want to come back, will you at least stay active on WCG ??...

cheers,

Gerard.

Everyone has a right to their own opinion. Everyone has a right to express that opinion wherever they choose. Nevertheless there are some unwritten guidelines that people follow:
- You don’t loudly discuss gas mileage during the super bowl broadcast.
- You don’t pause during intimate moments to answer an email, discuss the efficacy of dishwashing liquids or discuss particle physics.
- You don’t discuss the oral hygiene of a traffic officer while he is telling you about the traffic infraction you just committed.

In other words there are reasonableness boundaries that most folks observe. In thinking about this it occurs to me that the consequences of deviating from these unwritten guidelines in real life. Deviation will get you yelled at by your football buddies, your intimate moments substantially restricted or get you an additional traffic citation. In other words violation of the boundaries generally results in negative consequences.

Somehow in this WCG-MOT community thread (and in many others in the online arena), those boundaries seem to have no meaning: you can say pretty much what you want without any consequences of significance; not even peer pressures.

Here at the World Community Grid we all volunteered to help find cures for diseases and solutions to other humanitarian problems of worldwide import. We joined MOT, presumably for some comradeship in our joint goal, perhaps for assistance, advice etc. in furtherance of that goal. And, as is common in society, engage in some mostly meaningless banter and humor (e.g. DataMans hilarious story about his owl house).

Unfortunately, what seems to happen here, as well as in some other forums, people want to drag in some foreign subject that has put a burr under their saddle even though it is as out-of-place as discussing jet skis in heritage society meetings. This applies to off-topic discussions even if they are inflammatory or subjects detrimental to the World Community Grid. Examples of this are politics and other distributed computing projects that give more points or whatever.

Politics: As I indicated earlier, the US political situation is as volatile and contentious as it was just prior to WWII or the Civil war. It has put that proverbial burr under almost everyones saddle; including mine.
I am sick of political phone calls, politics on the web, politics on the news, and politics on the street corners.

In the MOT thread, I have tried to explain that there may be an appropriate place for political discussions but it simply is not a world community grid team forum. Politics have nothing to do why we are here. Political discussions here change no one’s mind and these arguments are just plain destructive to the basic premise of a “Team”. My comments/appeals/suggestions seem as water off a duck’s back; I suppose because there are no consequences.

I am completely sick of politics and the devastation that is having on the future of my children and grandchildren and succeeding generations.

I personally, with my own equipment, have contributed enough computing to accumulate over 50 million points at WCG under my various accounts and teams and intend to continue that contribution regarless of any team affiliation.

I have many unpleasant things I must deal with. This Team thread is not one of them.

Curious..

Any updated news on Dengue? I still haven't seen any additional work units..

any new projects in the works?

Dr. Mike..

RT -- I know that I am not alone with my hopes that you will be able to deal with them as a team member.
Many of us have been together with you for nearly six years. We have had a lot of irritations over the years which you have survived. You will be sorely missed if you are unable to rise above this one.