To Heck With American Politics

[earthling]

I’m a non-American liberal and very new to PBase. I support PBase because I like the sense of community and much of the work on display. Not everyone contributes to the community and I don’t enjoy all the work.

This spirited thread is a delightful illustration of community. The contentious galleries do not impress because they’re not why I joined. All things considered, I’m getting pretty much what I paid for.

I do wonder if you’re trying to solve the unsolvable. Greater minds than ours have failed to find a bias-proof voting system. And uncensored publishing is the worst kind - except for all the others. I’m inclined to accept ‘blips’ in the popular counts as the lesser evil. I’m also resolved to start voting.

regards,

John H

[sald]

Sick of politics did you say? Heck I live and work in the Wash DC area...talk about being sick of this kinda stuff. I have to put up with all the protests, conventions and other such things...freedom of speech and expression is all great and wonderful, expect at 5:00 in the afternoon when us working stiffs just want to go home.

BTW, isn't there a political forum that would be much more appropriate to express your opinions/photos at anyway?

I'm more interested in how Gene takes those wonderful hawk photos.

[bobt54]

Thing is, I don't really see the rest of the world resorting to this sort of stuff.

I would like to think that the rest of the world is just as passionate about the political process as we are here in the US. Maybe the rest of the world doesn't value free speech like we do here.

I personally don't like these Political Galleries. Why anyone would think that what they post here will sway anyones opinion is beyond me. If anything it will probably have the affect of turning people off. But I will defend their right to post them.

The only way to make sure people you agree with can speak is to support the rights of people you don't agree with.

~ Eleanor Holmes Norton ~

[framewerkz]

I would like to think that the rest of the world is just as passionate about the political process as we are here in the US. Maybe the rest of the world doesn't value free speech like we do here.

Don't really want to get into a "US is better than the rest of the world - discuss" topic, but maybe worth considering that instead of 'valuing' free speech, certain constituencies choose to abuse it with something that approximates ranting. I watch all of this and I wonder if many times the message isn't being lost what with all the high decibel stiuff going on.

[bmwgsbill]

yeah there gone...

bill

http://www.pbase.com/bmwgsbill/

[clickaway]

What a result!

Thank you to whoever.

[texindian]

Thing is, I don't really see the rest of the world resorting to this sort of stuff.

Do you?

No, the rest of the world blows each other to kingdom come for centuries at a time.

[ukexpat]

Thing is, I don't really see the rest of the world resorting to this sort of stuff.

Do you?

No, the rest of the world blows each other to kingdom come for centuries at a time.

Yes but at least we now realise that war does not solve anything -- it's just a temporary band-aid.

[bmwgsbill]

bill
http://www.pbase.com/bmwgsbill

[midnitejam]

Dude, I agree with every word you've said as long as the pictures you display are yours!

These political photos are about photography. This is a site about photography. People have the right to post these photos on their pages. Don't shoot me yet! Please read on.

But, my own feeling is this site is about the ART of photography. While some can argue that this type of photography is art I feel it more falls into the class of photojournalism. Wait, all you PJers out there do not jump all over me. There absolutely is an art to shooting PJ successfully day after day. I have photographed my share of sports games and activities and know the rigors of this type of photography.

Until someone further defines what is allowed on this site (do we really want to get into this) these people have a right to put these images on their pages. I agree voting should be on the artistic nature of the photo. I agree, political photos, at least for me are not photographic ART.

While an overwhelming number of photos on pbase are fantastic and deserve to be seen in publications around the globe I sometimes place no merit in the number of votes photos may get. When viewing the populars it seems sometimes only to prove how many friends and family members one has.

I may be wrong and have been wrong on many occasions but I think you may only vote one time for your own work and people who are not logged on at least with a temporary account can not vote. If artist with temp accounts can vote maybe they should not be allowed to.

I prefer not to eliminate the ability of voting. When I come across a gallery/photo that is exceptional I do enjoy voting for it. Perhaps instead of voting we should spend a short time (10 seconds) to tell the artist how much you enjoyed their images. I realize that getting an image into the popular will increase traffic but I have enjoyed comments more than the counter advancing.

john

[texindian]

ROFLMAO, Bill.