I agree with Jason.
The thread is not on topic and honestly not productive for the long term utility of the forum for its primary use. Providing information about a game with a diminishing fanbase without alienating any of those users.
Politics is expressly discouraged here. I have run forums for longer than some of our members have been alive and have always struggled to maximize the number of participants. Politics is a poison to forums where civility is the norm and the user base is small, I have seen it time and again.
There are maybe 300 people who might have a desire to talk about T2k. If any thread drives 10 away if that really worth it. I am not saying it is the case with this thread, but people (including myself) remember far more clearly when someone post something political that makes them upset. If it happens enough times they leave. Their voices are then silenced as well. It might be by choice, but when so few people can have deep discussions about a subject (T2k) each loss is tragic.
There are thousands of sites where politics is the focus and tens of thousands of users jump in and out of discussions. In general I thinks discussions of the validity of a UN position or how to classify Israel's reactions/provocations might be better suited there.
I am on my way out the door so my opinion does not matter much, but there you have it.
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