Unreasonable?

[dwedeking]

My opinion is that there are some political/social debates that will never see a middle ground. It's not about education (I once thought that as well but have realized the ones I was trying to convince were already aware and just didn't agree) or debating points to find a solution. The positions are just opposed to each other at a root level (you can't have personal liberty/responsibility and cradle to grave government control at the same time, one has to take priority). It becomes easier to reduce the noise to content ratio by ignoring those people. I've also found that the like/unlike function to be a nice feature on forums. It keeps the back and forth/beating a dead horse process down and gives a voice to those that don't want/need to post "me to" type of confirmations. I've found online that sometimes the loudest are a minority. Just my experience in other more politically/social-debate charged forums.

I find Punaweb a great source as an outsider (only been on the island for 3 years) for where to find things, how to do things in regards to the special environment/logistics issues. I'm finding that I'm in the extreme minority here in regards to political/social issues so really limit my time spent here, and will probably move off island due to the increasing statism (I'm seeing laws passed now that were voted for in California 15 years ago and I really don't like the way interaction with the "system" in California works).