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Well. Scratch is for sharing. Opinion-sharing is also sharing. So, it's not exactly banned. And some people like the idea of kids learning about the basics of politics at a young age.

yeah though your missing the point. ^

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Projects about politics are perfectly fine as long as they respect the Terms of Use. The forums on the other hand should not be used to discuss about politics but you are free to create projects about politics of your own community or country.

Politics are just a part of life.  You should be allowed to share your views in the forums.  In Ancient Rome, the Forum was a place where citizens gather to discuss things, from apples to politics.

Politics is based on opinion.  And Scratch is a great way of portraying your opinions.  So politics are perfectly fine on Scratch.

I agree with what everybody is saying, but what would really be the point? What would the "President" of Scratch do?

You may talk about politics on this thing we like to call "The rest of the internet."

torterra wrote:

Mayhem wrote:

"The rest of the internet."

you like to use this alot dont you? .

Yes, a massive quantity of "twice" now.

torterra wrote:

Scratch is a site for sharing which means almost any projects that they want to (the golden word here) share would be welcome. That includes opinions.

Projects, yes.  Projects that include opinions, yes.  Share away.

But just posting political/sporting/religious/best-console opinions in the forums?  No.  It serves no purpose in relation to scratching.

torterra wrote:

were talking about political/sporting/religious/best-console opinions  projects on the fourms. (you do notice that the tc (topic creator) hasnt been replying.............. strange)

Well, this isn't LiveJournal. There is only one kind of Forums here - the Scratch Forums. Here, people talk about Scratch, not politics.
Of course, you are allowed to post projects about anything you want, as long as they don't violate the Terms of Use. But that doesn't mean you can post political opinions on the Forums. The Scratch Forums were not made to share your opinions, express yourself or chat, like projects and galleries. The Forums are needed to post suggestions or tutorials for Scratch, report bugs , advertise your projects, or discuss the Scratch website features.

ooogabooga wrote:

There is a fine line between rioting and politics.  Since there is a very diverse community on the website, one's view can seriously offend someone else.  For example, should we let communist or fascist projects on the website?

Such a good question...how far does the freedom of speech extend?  Can anyone truly say anything they want? 

Here on Scratch the important point is that how you say something can be different than what you say...since swearing often offends and isn't necessary to get across ideas it just does not seem appropriate here.  But you were asking about whether or not it's appropriate to talk about controversial ideas, and the best answer is that hateful ideas are not appropriate.

I've moved this topic to inspiration and more, since its not directly about Scratch projects.   Politics (of any country) is important and if we have ideas or concerns we should be able to talk about them.  The Scratch Team of course would love to see us try to express our ideas in projects, but those ideas have to start somewhere     

The Roman Forums was a great analogy!  In the Roman forums speakers would put on shows, bringing props and telling stories to make their points!  So maybe Scratch is like that, only more of a virtual stage?

torterra wrote:

when your a kid you are soon gonna vote so you should learn about politics, but dont you think its going a little overboard thinking that kids sharing there opinion should be banned for eternity (exageration)? like if I were to say your favorite video game sucks, would you ban me for that?

Haha, I agree with this.