Political Forum?

[fortheether]

Hanna,
How could you possibly not write anti-American rants?


Scott

Хорошо давайте попробуем! Я понимаю, что надо быть нейтральной. Что должнa сделать, чтобы начать?


Edit - Alex post put me off a bit. I assume I can still make a comment if I want? I will not write any anti-American rant as a Mod though, because people might get the view that it represents the view of the forum. And for me, availability varies a lot. When I work, normally only in the evenings. I can't access this site from work and login as myself - they check where people go online. Anything controversial and you are history.

[Lampada]

Hanna,
How could you possibly not write anti-American rants?


Scott

ААААААААААААА! Удар ниже пояса! Have faith, please!

[Hanna]

Hanna,
How could you possibly not write anti-American rants?
Scott

Maybe I could set up a second account and make a "guest appearance" for a really explosive anti American rant if the yanks don't behave themselves

(Actually I have made quite a few of them... I am almost getting bored with it, not that I changed my opinion...)

But seriously, a lot of the users here are American, and many Americans are extremely sensitive about criticism of their country, even if the criticism is completely fact based. They are just completely convinced that the US is a "good" country, and would take offense if anyone suggested something else, unless you were extremely diplomatic and did it in baby steps. For instance a very sweet American woman who used to participate a lot earlier. If they perceived that a Russian forum was being openly anti-American, it would just spur on their "Russophobia" or prejudice and make them feel unwelcome, which we DON'T want, right?

So it's one thing for me as an average European ranting a bit about it, but a different situation to do it as a Mod at a Russian forum. Lampada has consciously or unconsciously handled this in a diplomatic fashion, not alienating anyone. However the Ukraine situation is just too intensive and overwhelming.

What happened during the South Ossetia war, did things get as heated back then?

[fortheether]

Hanna,
How with your very anti-American bias can you be a fair moderator? Reminds me of the Joseph Stalin quote "It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything." As for saying "the criticism is completely fact based", yea, ok.

Scott

Maybe I could set up a second account and make a "guest appearance" for a really explosive anti American rant if the yanks don't behave themselves

(Actually I have made quite a few of them... I am almost getting bored with it, not that I changed my opinion...)

But seriously, a lot of the users here are American, and many Americans are extremely sensitive about criticism of their country, even if the criticism is completely fact based. They are just completely convinced that the US is a "good" country, and would take offense if anyone suggested something else, unless you were extremely diplomatic and did it in baby steps. For instance a very sweet American woman who used to participate a lot earlier. If they perceived that a Russian forum was being openly anti-American, it would just spur on their "Russophobia" or prejudice and make them feel unwelcome, which we DON'T want, right?

So it's one thing for me as an average European ranting a bit about it, but a different situation to do it as a Mod at a Russian forum. Lampada has consciously or unconsciously handled this in a diplomatic fashion, not alienating anyone. However the Ukraine situation is just too intensive and overwhelming.

What happened during the South Ossetia war, did things get as heated back then?