MAMEWorld Forums - The Loony Bin - Re: A church choir in Washington decided it was a good idea to sing together in a church during a pandemic. Guess what happened next.

> Because it isn't politics it's life. I'm sick of the way you guys are trying to get
> stuff sent to the war room, I'm just going to delete the stupid war room.

The pandemic in and of itself is not politics.

Stupid people in and of itself is not politics.

The protests, the reactions and policies of various state and federal governments, etc., in regards to the pandemic is very much political. Maybe not 100% of the time, but the majority for sure, and to pretend that it is not is choosing to watch that portion of our timeline through partial blinders; only seeing what you want to see.

And to assume conversations on that topic won't take a political turn, simply because it is posted in the Loony Bin, is either naive, or irresponsible. Naive, for believing that that might not happen, after being part of this same community for over twenty years. Or irresponsible, for knowing it might happen, but pretending it won't, simply because it shouldn't because it was posted in the Loony Bin.

I'm the one that moved the thread. You moved it back. Fine. Don't go and throw a fit, though, and delete the War Room, because I made a decision that you don't agree with. That shit needs to stay at the bottom of the forum. If that shit ends up in the Loony Bin, then I and many other people need a way to block seeing the Loony Bin, because we don't want to see that shit when we come to our community video game forum. There are other outlets for that stuff. If it comes to that, then I'll just set individual bookmarks for forums I need to see, and I'll never view the Main Index page again.

And sorry... this is not YOUR website. This is Roc & KC's website. It now happens to be owned by Rick. And you, me, and some others are Administrators here. But none of the Administrators here OWN this website. If anything, this website belongs to the MAME community, and I take pride in being part of that.

If you're getting cabin fever and need to vent silly stuff, then the Loony Bin is the place. (Loony... silly... right?). If you need to vent anger and stuff... please remember that 99% of us don't come here to get angry... we come here to get away from all that stuff. We come here specifically to NOT see it.

RELAX and just have fun. Remember, it's all about the games.