As soon as I saw Orson Scott Card's name come up, I knew the conversation would devolve into his (wacky) political views.
There's now 59 comments on this thread, and while I haven't bothered to count it seems that at least 45 of 'em are in this rather dull political argument about gay rights. And since nobody has actually showed up with the anti-gay-rights position, we're stuck discussing precisely which nasty names we should call someone who doesn't share our mutual opinion. Even this rather narrow corner of debate space has apparently got some people rather heated.
And yet, there I am too, throwing my weight in on this boring topic. And this is why politics is something one must actively avoid talking about.
As soon as I saw Orson Scott Card's name come up, I knew the conversation would devolve into his (wacky) political views.
There's now 59 comments on this thread, and while I haven't bothered to count it seems that at least 45 of 'em are in this rather dull political argument about gay rights. And since nobody has actually showed up with the anti-gay-rights position, we're stuck discussing precisely which nasty names we should call someone who doesn't share our mutual opinion. Even this rather narrow corner of debate space has apparently got some people rather heated.
And yet, there I am too, throwing my weight in on this boring topic. And this is why politics is something one must actively avoid talking about.