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Post #21 Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 12:10 pm 
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While I do agree that the topic's name is a controversial view on the subject, I think discussion has been civil, and almost apolitical except for cyclops' berlusconi post. I'd just edit that out, and the rest fits the TOS, no?

You mean the whole post or only the Berlusconi part?

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Post #22 Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 4:27 pm 
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While I do agree that the topic's name is a controversial view on the subject, I think discussion has been civil, and almost apolitical except for cyclops' berlusconi post. I'd just edit that out, and the rest fits the TOS, no?

You mean the whole post or only the Berlusconi part?

I think the whole post is political, actually. But the Berlusconi part seemed the most like a political jab.

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Post #23 Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 6:12 pm 
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Phelan wrote:
While I do agree that the topic's name is a controversial view on the subject, I think discussion has been civil, and almost apolitical except for cyclops' berlusconi post. I'd just edit that out, and the rest fits the TOS, no?

You mean the whole post or only the Berlusconi part?

I think the whole post is political, actually. But the Berlusconi part seemed the most like a political jab.

I edited Berlusconi out on your request. Let's hope he will face justice.
For the rest of my post I don't understand how you can deem the whole thread apolitical apart only from my post.
Something like saying "soldiers should be exemped from persecution" is not a political statement but observing "soldiers are to be held responsible for war crimes" is political. These are opposite sides of the same coin. Of course I don't want to imply these italian scientist are war criminals. In fact I am in doubt about how guilty they are and I trust Italy ( and Europe ) to reach the right verdict. But to me it seems the case should be judged sincerely.


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Post #24 Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2012 10:09 am 
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You're right that it might be a more subtle distinction than I am making it out to be. That's why I usually don't like to discuss subjects that relate closely to politics, it's hard to make the distinction sometimes.

Thanks for considering my point of view, though. :)

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