I, like many of the guys on here, try to stay out of the politics section. But I think Hex's original intentions with the Politics forum was to air board politics, such as banning, problems with trades, etc, not "which party houses the biggest assholes."

That being said, I don't think the politics forum should be removed, I just think it should be used in the manner in which it was originally intended.

I also don't think threads should be locked or deleted, and I feel that no moderator should be elected to sort these things out. This board is member moderated and I think that is one of the (many) great things about it. Nobody has to worry about where a moderator's allegiances lie.