What Exactly Constitutes 'Political' Anyway?

[Drew Wilson]

I'm a little unclear what constitutes "political" now. For me, political discussion insinuates politicians. So I figured anything revolving around politicians not tech and file-sharing related would wind up here.

Then I see some of my threads being moved here. Does that make anything that has any shade of politics go into these forums? Is censorship automatically political for example? What about things related to police? How about general controversy? Is controversy political?

I've seen other forums puzzle over what constitutes political and I haven't really seen a real good solution for defining qhat constitutes a political issue outside of a few obvious extremes (ala Obama speeches). Is it possible to get some formal clarification here?

[El Comandante]

Very good question. I looked up a couple of definitions and maybe they can help (perhaps this thread should be moved to Monea's thread).

"Involving or characteristic of politics or parties or politicians."

"Opinions with respect to candidates, parties, elected officials or hotly contested social or economic issues."

"Advocacy for or against organizations or candidates with political beliefs or objectives."

It's a very broad term. It's like Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart said about obscenity: "I shall not today attempt further to define the kinds of material I understand to be embraced . . . [b]ut I know it when I see it . . . "

The Mods will have to make that call. Such is life.

[RACKnRAIL]

The Mods will have to make that call. Such is life.

I think if the topic invokes a "political" response and it is not in the appropriate sub-forum, it will be politely moved accordingly.