pic: Write in Kamen? I did.

[whytheheckme]

Could we get enough people to do this in November?

[Kyle Love]

I don't know about anyone else....but in all honesty I think this would be a bad idea. Plus, doesn't this violate the user agreement, ie. no political discussion?

[Greg Needel]

IMO i think that voting for dean is a horrible idea. There is no way you will get enough votes to beat out one of the major candidates. And as important as this election is vote for the candidate you think will support STEM initiatives, because they will be able to make more of a difference then wasting your vote.

[Nate Laverdure]

Originally Posted by Kyle Love

Plus, doesn't this violate the user agreement, ie. no political discussion?

I'm not a big CD user, so please take my opinion with a grain of salt. This political thing seems to be a growing misconception. As written, political discussion isn't explicitly against the rules unless it takes place in signature files:

Due to abuse and a large amount of complaints, politically oriented content should not be placed in your signature.

However, it has been politely suggested that political discussion should be kept to a minimum and should be located in the "Chit-Chat" forum:

Originally Posted by Brandon Martus

We would also like to ask that any political discussion would continue to take place in the Chit-Chat forum.

It is my belief that the most interesting discussion on these fora will always contain political content. As such, CD members should be encouraged to use political ideas to integrate their own views into a larger global context. To mitigate the risk of certain types of degenerative arguments, political discussion should continue to be closely monitored, but if CD users are withholding their intelligent comments for fear of "breaking the rules," then this community is working against itself. Self-censorship is the most dangerous kind: I almost didn't post this.