That's not correct, Nadin. The tent protests in Israel got covered in the I/P forum...
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I don't tend to get involved in protests over domestic issues, which is why I had little to say about that and had nothing to say about OWS., but others in the I/P forum spent some time discussing the tent protests..
To answer ellisonz's question, I don't know whether it's going to make things better or worse. What I'd really like to see if the forum become what the guidelines claim to want it to be, which is thoughtful and constructive discussion of the conflict. It's anything but that at DU2, and only last night I was called a Hamas supporter by someone in the forum who constantly misrepresents my views. It'd be nice if there was less of that stuff and more substantial discussion, which some there who I don't agree with on the conflict provide and all without a shred of abuse or silly claims of being an apologist for anything. Being kind of cynical, I suspect what'll happen is this jury thing won't work, as things will become even more inconsistent than they are now, and within a few months Lithos will be called on to become head moderator of the forum, it'll be given its own special set of rules, and things will become exactly the same as they were before.
btw, hi Nadin. Good to see you round these parts!
(just testing out the emoticons)
on edit: I guess a lot depends on where they draw this Juror pool thingy from. If it's from the broad DU membership, it could work, but if it's just drawn from people who post in the forum, then it'll crash and burn within 24hrs.
