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He does indeed.

Ultimately, it's the members that make a forum, and administration and moderation is only there to allow them to do it. My 'job' here is just to provide a platform for free, open and civil debate, which has always been something very important to me. I believe that people (wherever they are, and wherever they come from) need to be able to discuss their own political opinions, whatever those might be - political opinion the world over has become too driven by the agendas of politicians themselves, media sensationalism and 'soundbites', and the opinions of the big businesses and big businessmen who own the big media companies. The people need to be allowed to think for themselves, and express, discuss, listen to and challenge their own opinions and the opinions of others without the interference of any 'authority' or 'powerful interest' trying to push the debate in a certain direction to suit themselves. This forum belongs to the members, and it is for them to decide what they want to discuss and how they want to discuss it - I'm only here to provide that platform, and to try to keep some sort of reasonable order so that everyone can do so in a civil and respectful atmosphere, without being insulted, silenced or shouted down by anyone else who might not want them to say what they think.



Absolutely. The more different opinions the members have to debate, the better the forum can be.