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#Politics General Guidelines                        

#politics has no political affiliation and promotes no specific political view. Although channel Operators will have opinions, no individual sentiment will be expressed as the "official" channel position.  People are welcome  from viewpoints everywhere on the political spectrum. 

The Administrators of #Politics have formulated a few guidelines to better serve the channel and its users. Please familiarize yourself with these guidelines, and if you have any questions please ask a Channel Operator in private, or  contact

#Politics, a channel whose purpose is the debate of politics and current events. The goal of this channel is the free debate without disturbances or excessive name-calling.

Channels dedicated to this, quickly devolve into name-calling sessions and accusations of unfair operator actions. The culture of IRC attracts a large number of people who are interested in little other than the ASCII version of tagging. In this channel, the goal is the establishment of a more congenial environment for discussion of all views on current events.

Operators

Operators are in the channel to enforce our channel rules and perform channel defense techniques.  We have four levels of Operators on #politics as follows:

      @CometBaby is the OP Administrator (channel owner).
      Operators .. designated with the @ in front of their nick. 
      HOP's (Half Operators)  .. make voice, kick and ban decisions.
      VOP's (Voice Operators) .. make voice and devoice decisions.

HOP's and VOP's do not have the @, however they are channel operators.  Their names are announced as you enter the channel.  All levels of Operator status indicate of a high degree of channel importance. 

Please do not ask for Operator status in #politics. Our Operators are selected amongst  trusted channel regulars, who spend a great deal of time in the channel, are level-headed, have some technical ability, are willing to perform tasks responsibly and set a good example.  Not from one of these criteria, but from all of these criteria.  All Ops should expect to work hard and they must be able get along with the channel owners. 

                                            'Free Speech' 

This is a channel which is intended for adults or reasonable mimics of adults.  

(14)  It is the purpose of the channel to encourage free discussion, not free speech.  If you believe that your philosophy or ideology gives you the right to  be disruptive or abusive ..  or if you feel compelled to criticize channel management , then we will  exercise OUR RIGHT not to allow it.  

If you are here to discuss, more-or-less rationally, then this channel is for you. 

(15)  The content of the channel will not be restricted with respect to mature topics or language.  The expressed policy of this channel will be that there is no idea that cannot be expressed here, but that there are forms of expression that are not tolerated. 

* No clear rule can be formulated to define what will fall within this rule. In general, any posting with racist, homophobic or misogynist content, that does not also contain a substantial idea, is not tolerated. This rule will necessarily require judgment and some evolution.

The channel is not intended to have a particular political viewpoint. The success or failure of this channel will be judged on whether or not rational discussion of all views occurs.

Thank you for reading the #Politics Guidelines and Rules. Come join us for friendly, fun, and informative chatting!

Rule Violations

Violation of channel rules may entail the following:

     (a) being warned,
     (b) kicked,
     (c) temporarily kick/banned or
     (d) permanently banned (Shitlisted)

All of the rules will be enforced to the best abilities of the pool of operators. Note that all actions are subject to a judgment call.  The success or failure of this channel will be dependant, not on the correctness of any single judgment, but the collective judgments of the operators over time.

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