Rules & Info - Current Affairs ONLY Please!
Keep topics in this forum to Current Affairs only please. That means topical, interesting information on current events, specifically political or social events. That means comments by Mary Harney on "blacks", an obituary of a respected columnist, or the social aspects of a movie on ID are in; and debate on the CGI in King Kong, how many bellies Jimmy "Five Bellies" really has, and commentary on Britney's latest hairdo are out. You can still posts on topics in the latter category in Off Topic if you wish.
As with most new forums, this one is on probation until it proves it's worth; if it doesn't get traffic or it becomes a hellhole of trolling, it'll be closed and threads will be merged back into Off Topic. This forum will also have a very specific set of rules, which will be developed by myself and the mods as we go on. Rule Number One is posted below, read it carefully before posting.
Your hosts today are tiktok and pete, who have my permission to moderate misbehaviour and stupidity with an iron glove. Pete, being a Foot.ie supermod, will only be hanging around until such time as a suitable replacement comes along, so if you shine like a diamond in here, you may find yourself nominated as a mod at a later date. Hint hint.
Rule One: A lot of topics in here will consist of debate, which I welcome with open arms. However I don't welcome flame wars in any way shape or form. This means you have to back up your comments with facts, via links or references to texts; or in the case of opinions you have to argue your point in detail. Saying "in my opinion" followed by one sentence is not "detail". This particularly applies to thread starters: Links to articles or forum posts without commentary will be deleted.
If you have suggestions or comments, please post them in the Support forum.
adam
