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Slashdot Goes Political: Announcing politics.slashdot.org
With the US Presidential Election coming up, we've had a lot of story submissions that we would like to post, but they don't fit very well on the Slashdot main page. To address this, we'll be running special political coverage between now and the election in our new Politics subsection of Slashdot. Please submit stories directly to the section for consideration.
As with all sections on Slashdot,
there will be stories available within that section that don't get posted to the main page, so please visit the section if you are interested in more coverage.
We'll do our best to be fair with story selection. We think we can do a good job since the Slashdot editors represent a diverse spectrum of political ideologies. The discussions are up to you guys. Here's hoping the experiment works!
any chance for /. interviews with the candidates for the issues that concern us nerds? I mean, this new sub section would hopefully give /. a little more clout.
Mike
So does this mean all comments will be automatically moderated to -1 Troll? =)
Right is wrong when left is right.
+1 Democrat
-1 Republican
-1 Commie Bastard
+1 Capitalist Pig
(Change + with - as seen fit)I am a viral sig. Please help me spread.
Serious damage and Slashdot karma just don't belong in the same sentence...
Stop by my site where I write about ERP systems & more
How do I mod an entire section as flamebait?
:)
And I can see all the foriegners complaining that this is too U.S. centric
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. It's just that yours is stupid.
The LeftDot propaganda from "michael" was about to take over. High time you guys moved that stuff off to a more appropriate area. Good job.
Oh yeah, just what we need. A politics section run by biased anti-American pinko commies. Ah well, at least it'll be more out in the open, unlike many of the biased anti-American posts made by various pinko commies rampant throughout Slashdot.
Now I'll have an alternative news source to go read what's in the diseased mind of the world's liberal socialists besides the BBC and Al-Jazeera.
there *are* countries outside america that practice politics. typical shortsightedness.
What!? I never knew.
GAAH! MY PRINTER IS ON FIRE!!! PUT IT OUT! PUT IT OUT!
The SlashCode's free, you stupid fuck. Start your own site. I won't be pissing and moaning if I only saw Canadian politics on a Canadian site.
Jesus fucking Christ.
Non-US? Non-US? What do you mean, non-US? Are you suggesting that there are other countries in this world as well? .... Have we bombed them yet? No? Are we going to? What? Stop looking funny at me and go back to CANADA, you meaple-syrup eating bastard.
Stupid non-USians. How dare they?
I would hope that moderators are fair enough to send comments up or down depending on their quality, not whether their point of view is agreeable. Even if someone says something we completely disagree with, as long as they say it well and bring facts to the table, it is worth hearing.
Mod deviationist down!
Opinions on the Twiddler2 hand-held keyboard?
Non-US countries have elections?
Well, yeah, but not exactly like the ones you USAmericans have. In most other countries, those who get more votes, actually win the election...
I don't have a sig.
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Between you and jaime, I expect one of you to be dead by the end of October. ;-)
Good quote, too many chars. Seriously, the slashdot 120 char limit sucks!
I guess we'll see if /. can manage to be "fair and balanced", considering the rather significant slant in its readership.
If we, the readers, scream long enough and loud enough you'll create:
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it's opening a box of Pandora's Can of Worms.
It's possible I'm just a rosy-glassed optimist, but I'll keep my fingers crossed and hope.
Obviously thinly veiled references to the rosary, cross, and christian 'hope', you sneaky troll.
Oh, wait, this isn't the religion section is it?
Politics?
Well that's essentially the same thing. Flame on!
-Adam
Nonsense! Slashdot has both kinds of political ideologies, Green AND Libertarian.
WWJD for a Klondike Bar?
I thought it was due to calling someone who approves a submission an "editor".
As a service to the editors, I fired up gimp, took the graphic and mixed every flag from every country together - what better way to promote a non-centrist discussion?
Unfourtunately, I got this.
That's only going to cause wars.
I fully expect this section to be a non-stop flamefest that leaves nobody untouched. A knock-down drag-out troll fight, with everyone yelling, minimal dialogue, and 4 billion threads that run something like this:
"Bush Sucks."
"Democrats Suck."
"Non-libertarians Suck."
"America Sucks."
"Europe Sucks."
"My Country Isn't In Europe, You American Idiot."
"I'm Not an American, You Elitist Freak."
"I hate the it.slashdot.org color scheme."
"I predict all of the threads in this section will sound like this:"
*beep*
Infinite Loop.
I am curious what the candidates positions are on the Perl versus Python debate?
The Republicans strike me as more likely to be Perl hackers, while the Democrats Pythonistas.
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How To Love Your Job
That's why the Americans "liberate" countries, because the other country has better stuff. So stop taunting them. Sheesh! And if they don't liberate us, they might just move up here and talk loudly and take up two seats per person, year-round and not just during tourist season.
To any Americans reading this: he's lying, Canada's just a cold barren place full of hicks who live in igloos and eat frozen fish. And you've already got our best people: Celine Dion and William Shatner (that's how bad we are). Yeah, that's the ticket...
BTW, beer is a very subjective thing. You can go to just about any country and their people will swear their beer is the best. So obviously Canadian beer is best to you. Although, German and Belgian beer tend to be more loved worldwide than others.
A more apropos symbol would be a hand coming out of a $1000 suit collecting a big wad of cash from a defense contractor, pharmaceutical or healthcare corporation.
I'm waiting for GNAA.slashdot.org
The comment was with regards to the editors, and not the posters or story submitters. Also, if you find a hint of libertarianism with the editors, it's only with regards to Free Software. In any other issue they're firmly authoritarian. They don't want regulations on Free Software, but will frequently advocate sending the 82nd Airborne Infantry into Redmond.
Don't blame me, I didn't vote for either of them!
And in the vi vs. emacs debate, I feel that Republicans are pico users.
One day I'll get to be on the /. editorial staff...
Then you little pinkos will rue all the off-topic and flamebait liberal posts you said were "insightful."
My lack of God, it's Trotsky!
The Pirate Party of the USA. We are like the Democratic or Republican party, only we don't lie about our motives. If we invade another country, it will be over the loot and plundering. We won't lie about WMDs, etc. Yeah it is all about the oil, after that pipeline is build, booty for all with cheaper oil! Make Saddam walk the plank into a shark infested water. :)
Remember, Slashdot does not have a -1 disagree moderation, and no, troll, flamebait, and overrated are not substitutes.
Look how well the slogan "Fair and Balanced" has worked for Fox News!
The editors of Pravda would have been proud.
In the case you didn't know, 'bipartisanship' in politics means that the other guys will do it your way, too.
Marxist evolution is just N generations away!
Strike on Iraq by CmdrTaco
Saddam Hussein Arrested by CmdrTaco
Major Strike on Iraq Underway by CmdrTaco
That guy's busy...
Oh, wait, this isn't the religion section is it?
Wrong section. You're looking for any story that mentions Microsoft or Linux.
I'd support an intelligent Bush too...
Yes, and I, the parent you're speaking to, am an editor. oops. :-)
I wonder if the chosen color scheme of the topic belies a particular political slant.
I love seeing the American flag at almost any chance (being American, go figure)...
Can't you buy one and carry it around with you or something?
Slashdot Political Diversity Poll -
What is your political party?
Democrat
Green
Communist
Somewhere Left of Communist, whatever that is
Invoke Godwin's Law -- make it stop
CmdrTaco
# Don't complain about lack of options. You've got to pick a few when you do multiple choice. Those are the breaks.
# Feel free to suggest poll ideas if you're feeling creative. I'd strongly suggest reading the past polls first.
# This whole thing is wildly inaccurate. Rounding errors, ballot stuffers, dynamic IPs, firewalls. If you're using these numbers to do anything important, you're insane.
3314 Saddam Hussein Arrested by CmdrTaco
:)
Just how CmdrTaco managed to arrest Saddam Hussein I shall never know.
It's a Bagel.
We talk about Religion all the time on Slashdot:
...
vi vs. Emacs
Linux vs. Windows
Perl vs. Python
Linux is not Windows
He's a very intelligent Bush supporter. ... married to the Easter Bunny, playing poker with Santa on the weekends.
StoneCypher is Full of BS
Politics for Nerds. We need more flamewars.
IMO the best browser game ever http://wittyrpg.com
"Strike on Iraq by CmdrTaco"
"Saddam Hussein Arrested by CmdrTaco"
"Windows 2000 & Windows NT 4 Source Code Leaks by CmdrTaco"
"Pledge of Allegiance Ruled Unconstitutional by michael"
"Major Strike on Iraq Underway by CmdrTaco"
And who says Slashdot editors are lazy?
In other words, Bush sold his soul to the highest bidder.
Kerry, on the other hand, rents his out as the occasion demands.
Hey, don't badmouth pico like that. Republicans are notepad.exe users.