On Sat, 10 Sep 2011 10:04:01 -0700 (PDT), "
wrote:

On Sep 10, 12:52*pm, "Ed Huntress" wrote:


It doesn't matter whether he likes your politics or not...

Yeah, it does matter a great deal.

..., politics
are off-topic in r.c.m.

--
Ed Huntress

So you are saying that some political postings are on topic? I sure
do not follow that logic.

Dan
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If not a justification then at least a rationale...

Politics is simply organized efforts to change the thrust
and direction of government.

Government, for what ever reason – most likely rapidly
increasing population density is a major factor – has
continued to increase to the point that it at least attempts
to regulate every aspect of our personal and working lives.
From local zoning and home owners associations restricting
home metal working (or even working on your car in your own
driveway) to facilitating, aiding and abetting the
speculation in commodity metals such as aluminum and copper,
pricing these materials out of the reach of many home
machinists, and the tacit approval of the destruction of the
domestic US machine tools industry (apparently used as a
“bargaining chip” given away during trade negotiations),
government now impacts every aspect of metal working,
including parts washing and waste oil disposal. Given the
current governmental paranoia [where's Joe McCarthy now that
we need him?) about “terrorism” is not far fetched that
legislation will be introduced to require licensure of all
home shop machinists and registration of all machine tools
(for an annual fee) to prevent their being used to construct
“infernal devices,” as there is no limit to legislative
overreach (and stupidity), now that the U.S. Constitution is
a piece of paper.

Where this goes “off the rails” is when aspects of
government not directly impacting metalworkers and
metalworking are posted to AMC or RCM, without at least an
OT in the subject line.


--
Unka' George

"Gold is the money of kings,
silver is the money of gentlemen,
barter is the money of peasants,
but debt is the money of slaves"

-Norm Franz, "Money and Wealth in the New Millenium"