Global warming or global cooling????

You guys or gals what ever you may be, log into a article about the weather and turn it into a debate about the NDP and the librals its time to grow up its because of clowns like you that pepole are complaining and not taking this news source serious any more I feel sorry for Ben as you guy give his site a bad name

Comment # 637, for those who are counting.

During the 80's and 90's and better part of this decade, we did enjoy some later starts in winter and early departure. This year and last, reminds me of the winters of my youth. When snow use to pile up, up to the eaves of the houses. Thus you had to build steps in the snow as you leave your house. Walking onto your roofs were a lot easier. Is this all part of global warming. I think it is, as drier parts of the world gets hotter, the wetter parts of the world gets that moisture. I think it is better to have the moisture than be parched on a desert.

You will notice from the posts being deleted, that some people have a great deal of difficulty in learning and understanding.

We have a problem with about 15 of our posters out of a total of 3,284. It is apparent that under any cost they feel compelled to be heard even if they are not saying anything of any relevance to the story at hand.

We have already removed some of the offenders and will continue to do so unless you are prepared to clean up your act.

Ben Meisner

Don't see what was wrong with my original comment....
Oh well, peepee has been whacked - time to move on again.

"...its because of clowns like you that pepole are complaining and not taking this news source serious any more ..."

This site is not mainly a source for news, although plenty of news can be found here and that is much appreciated.

The site is entitled *opinion250* - a site where presumably opinions can be expressed about things happening in the 250 and that fact is what makes it somewhat unique.

Correct me if I am wrong!

Now that politics are off limits (at least the expressing of an opinion that has the potential of being provocative and even offensive to some people) one can go back to discussing other subjects.

It is virtually impossible to mention anything about B.C. politics past and present which won't be interpreted by some as intolerably offensive.

Some people here have even been annoyed and perhaps even offended by opinions about the sorry state of our streets, such as potholes.

Go figure.

Which raises the question: Where to draw the line?

My guess is that there are very few opinions on any subjects that are so neutral in nature that they don't raise the hackles of somebody.

In that case, silence may be the better virtue.

The comment "peepee has been whacked" made by Death to Socialism seems to be a bit sexual (unless my mind is dirty and it means something clean).

Can we get back to basics here?
We did not say you couldn't talk about politics, but we have always said comments should relate to the story at hand, there shall be no bullying, the comments must fall within the laws of the land.
We are heading into a provincial election, and while it is fine to talk politics, the comments have to remain non-partisan. WHY?
Under election regulations, we must provide equal time to each party. So, that means, if you want to make a comment about so and so, I have to make sure there is an equal length comment for the opposing side. Way too cumbersome to police or manage, not to mention the possibility that one party or the another might "stack" the comment deck. So we simply said, no partisan politics until after the election. If ANY party wants to share their platform, they are invited to purchase advertising like anyone else.
You can comment on any issue raised by a story, however, ALWAYS slamming another commentor for having a differing opinion is not warranted. Always blaming one political stripe or another is also not fair, especially when the story at hand has nothing to do with government(eg: weather story).
We had always hoped open lines of communication which encouraged differing opinions would spark new ideas.
A little common sense, a little respect for each other would go a long way.

Elaine Macdonald
Publisher

So I'm a bit confused?????What was wrong with carbon tax? I would have said it if there wasn't an election coming up.

Goodbye

Every one is entitled to their own opinion no matter how stupid it is. Right?

Ben is reminding all of us to comment on the story, not getting sidetracked. That is for the friday free for all. Talking about sidetracked, I am still wondering about the comment made by "Death to Socialism"