Both.

Do you have a circle of political/social allies here that you can count on to have the same/similar pov, and/or to support you in a discussion?
Alternatively, are there different areas of debate where you find that yesterday's ally is today's adversary?
Both.
Or, as PH would say, "some sort of back?"
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AND TEH GRAAT SINS OF THERE [DOCTRINAL] INOVATIONS BQU3ATH3D SMAL
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i have a couple![]()
On any issue that's been debated several times before, the sides have already been delineated pretty well.

If I do, they are cowards![]()
Speaking of Erith:
"It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda Smith

Originally posted by LordShiva
Or, as PH would say, "some sort of back?"![]()

There are posters I agree with more often, such as Arrian and LordShiva. If I'm in a faction, I don't know about it.

No, not really. I have no consistent allies, I fly all over the map depending on the issue.
"The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

You're not in a faction, Lorizael.
See, someone cares enough about you to know whether you are in a faction or not. This may be because you regularly hint at private psychopathic desires to take over the world and introduce your own dictatorship.

WTF Lorizael? LordShiva has opinions, other than hating hippies? Please post details ....Originally posted by Lorizael
There are posters I agree with more often, such as ... LordShiva.![]()

Nope. Factions are for tools.
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You support the Dark side too?!!Originally posted by Kuciwalker
Both.
Spec.
-Never argue with an idiot; He will bring you down to his level and beat you with experience.

No, I'm going to step into the background once I'm sure everyone is doing what I want them to do.Originally posted by Cort Haus
You're not in a faction, Lorizael.
See, someone cares enough about you to know whether you are in a faction or not. This may be because you regularly hint at private psychopathic desires to take over the world and introduce your own dictatorship.![]()

There aren't many factions on Poly, just an increasing amount of self-parody that's making it less interesting. Needs new blood, basically.
"In the beginning was the Word. Then came the ******* word processor." -Dan Simmons, Hyperion

Or the old blood here cold step up and say something genuinely interesting, dv8ed.
"The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

Why should I (or anybody else, for that matter) when the responses are so predictable? It makes for dull theater. Don't get me wrong, there are areas that I think the people here could get into and really say something interesting, it's just that most of the posters are so preoccupied playing their characters that they don't really engage.
"In the beginning was the Word. Then came the ******* word processor." -Dan Simmons, Hyperion

i have a character?![]()

I may not be the tallest tree in the forest....but I STAND ALONE!![]()

Factions are for pussies!

I'm at the head of the faction of people who agree with me.
Why can't you be a non-conformist just like everybody else?
It's no good (from an evolutionary point of view) to have the physique of Tarzan if you have the sex drive of a philosopher. -- Michael Ruse
The Nedaverse I can accept, but not the Berzaverse. There can only be so many alternate realities. -- Elok

Are you in a Fashion?
What fashion your faction?
Capitalisation - The difference between helping your uncle Jack off a horse, and helping your uncle jack off a horse
Grammar - The difference between knowing your $hit, and knowing you're $hit.
Spelling - The difference between being literate, and being Dinner.
I'm in the "scholars of Hindu civilization" faction. Nobody messes with us.
I am a Faction all my own.
JM
Jon Miller-
I AM.CANADIAN
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I'm a large fraction of a faction.
THEY!!111 OMG WTF LOL LET DA NOMADS AND TEH S3D3NTARY PEOPLA BOTH MAEK BITER AXP3REINCES
AND TEH GRAAT SINS OF THERE [DOCTRINAL] INOVATIONS BQU3ATH3D SMAL
AND!!1!11!!! LOL JUST IN CAES A DISPUTANT CALS U 2 DISPUT3 ABOUT THEYRE CLAMES
DO NOT THAN DISPUT3 ON THEM 3XCAPT BY WAY OF AN 3XTARNAL DISPUTA!!!!11!! WTF

No. No one agrees with me. No matter how sane my ideas are!![]()
“As a lifelong member of the Columbia Business School community, I adhere to the principles of truth, integrity, and respect. I will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do.”
"Capitalism ho!"

not really. although there are obviously people who i agree with most of the time and those who are almost always wrong.
it's not as if i post a lot these days anyway.
"The Christian way has not been tried and found wanting, it has been found to be hard and left untried" - GK Chesterton.
"The most obvious predicition about the future is that it will be mostly like the past" - Alain de Botton

I'm in a memegroup.
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I was put in the Gaian faction when the SMAC website first went up.
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