I’m obviously new to the forum, but I have to say that I’m a little disappointed at the lack of serious discussions in this section.
I thought at the very least we would be discussing the attacks in Paris and the bombing of the Russian airline, but I suppose that involves religion which we’re not allowed to discuss.
I used to regularly go on another forum where we did discuss such thing’s but I got fed up of some of the people on there especially those that would consistently use abbreviated offensive langauage thinking that was acceptable.
In the last month or so I’ve appreciated that this forum is much better in that respect, you appear to be much more civilised! 0:)
One of the things which I like best here is the dearth of off-topic discussions and threads not always turning into a crap-fest unrelated to their start. You can get those everywhere else, common as fleas on a hound-dog and with a similar aggravation factor
If I click on a light thread here I know it will be about lights throughout, and I don’t have to scroll through dozens of threads to find one about lights. Mighty nice compared to the rest of the world :bigsmile:
I do discuss politics, wars, religion, but not on a forum, that just does not work for keeping discussions sensible and fruitful, and that is why the forum rules do not allow them. Those discussions work best face to face with people IMO.
I'm really glad that this forum is full of flashlight talk and that most off-topic chatter is 'lightweight'. That does not mean that the people populating this forum themselves are superficious, I actually get the impression that many are not :-)
Very well said. That’s the point really, there is no shortage of information about current events and important issues, but I don’t want BLF to be one of them because it’s about a hobby. And as djozz says, BLF users are not shallow, superficial people that only care about flashlights. There’s just a time and place for everything, that’s all.
This forum is full of interesting, kind, generous people that I no doubt would have serious differences of opinion with over the entire range of human conduct. I thank SB for having a place where we can celebrate and share a hobby without passing judgement on others or constantly defending ourselves. It’s a kind if bridge building there needs to be more of. That serious enough?
I think your statement answers itself. In the time that I’ve been here, there have maybe been one or two threads about current events around the world, but BLF’ers are usually pretty low-key people. I like that everyone steers clear of “worldly controversial” topics! Instead, we argue over whether we should have mode memory or not!
(It would be crass to mention it in regards to our many members who have English as a second language, of course, but an Andrew from Northumberland, England fairly reeks of being a native English speaker.)
Well I was reading the papers the other day about the problems with ISIS and terrorism in the world and I must have read 3 whole pages and nowhere did it mention flashlights!
