Running a Non-Partisan Political Forum?

cptnHaddock asks: "The internet was supposed to give a new breath to democracy. While there has been some interesting initiatives, I feel a lot more could be done. Do you have any experience, tips to share, about running a non-partisan political forum? How to encourage well-thought postings and filter out the cynical ramblings, and how to moderate without censoring? Is there any good software that you would recommend for that task? Are there other solutions even better suited to running a policy-oriented discussion board?"

Impossible

[Anonymous Coward]

Impossible.

Next question?

+1 Funny

[MeanMF]

Why isn't this under the Humor section?

Simple

[antifoidulus]

Just ban all posts and all stories. Well, you can allow porn.

2 simple rules

[wfberg]

1. allow only discussion on events that happened atleast 120 years ago in rural Sweden
2. no Swedes

Hm...

[Guanix]

Most of our members have came from slashdot through my sig link, so I guess that helped us get members that were above average in terms of writing and discussion skills.

Hm...

Re:Simple

[CrazyDuke]

You apparently don't know about Jeff Gannon, Laura Slesinger, and Bush and Kerry's Daughter. Not to mention that report on what Bill and Monica did. Some good readin I hear...

Re:A Few Tips:

[jabster]

Most of our members have came from slashdot through my sig link, so I guess that helped us get members that were above average in terms of writing and discussion skills.

WOO-HOO!!

OMG!! RAOTHLMFAO!!!

Now I have chocolate milk all over my monitor!

Thanks for brightening my day!

-john

Re:Restrict access to only those people you like..

[grammar fascist]

Oh, and by the way, if you want to join the Ornery forums, you should know what you're getting into. The standard greeting there is "Welcome to Ornery. You're wrong."