Originally Posted by
alfaromeo
Let's face it. On any other forum, the political discussions are never discussions, they are shouting matches. Someone will say "President Jones (republican) did so and so and they stink". Then someone will say "Yeah but President Smith (democrat) did so and so and they stink more." Mix, shake, repeat. Every thread about politics follows this same discourse. I like that this forum avoids these pointless shouting matches. I have my own political views (which are 100% correct by the way
) but you don't really care what they are. You are not going to change my political views and I am not going to change yours, at least not on this forum. So why bother?
It wasn't an argument about whose politics were better. It was a discussion about how the VP of the US went on TV and contradicted the Admin's policy regarding the H1NL Flu Virus. And in doing so, told the American public that they shouldn't be flying on airplanes because it wasn't safe.
The discussion was relevant and vital to airline pilots because the last thing we need right now is our passengers becoming afraid to go fly because of some reckless and uninformed comments.