You gotta point here even if its a big stretch - connection between CTs and happiness abroad. But why waste so much effort delving deeper and deeper into the problem as if that's going to solve anything? That's what I mean by mental masturbation. Why not focus on fleshing out the solutions? There are many issue and challenges which face the man who does move abroad - which country, how to make money or build businesses, language learning, carving out a fruitful social and dating life, how to overcome the obstacles of being unattractive and/or old, marriage and family issues, culture shock, etc. I can only speak for myself. But I come here to seek and offer-up solutions related to western men relocating and living outside of their home countries.Winston wrote:Jackal, did you read the above posts? Conspiracies are partly at least, to BLAME for the CAUSES of why we are going abroad. They are not just some out there theories. They affect all of us in our areas of life - banking system, money system, health, food, feminism, etc. So in that sense, they are relevant to our lives. Don't you see that? Don't you see the obvious connection?Jackal wrote:It depends on one's perspective. If a separate website served the function that the current "subform" for conspiracy theories does, then there would really be no loss of freedom. The location would just change and that would make this site more focused on international dating.Winston wrote: Now think about this: Suppose we did what you suggested and disallowed conspiracy topics here. In effect, that would be TAKING AWAY the right of other people who want to post conspiracy related subjects. Why would you want to do that? Why would you advocate censorship? I thought you were a truth seeker by heart?
But the real question is "What do you think the main purpose of this forum is?" On your Happier Abroad main page, the subtitle is "Your guide and inspiration for international dating, living, and freedom beyond America." However, on the HA forum index, the subtitle is "Community of Global Daters, Expats, and Freethinkers Promoting Truth and Awareness."
I guess I am just trying to get the forum to better match with the mission outlined on the Happier Abroad main page. Think about it. A guy might read the main page and get all excited about international dating only to log in and find people more interested in discussing conspiracies. There is quite a disconnect between the main page and the forum.
If the main mission of this forum is to inform men about international dating, then conspiracy theories are quite irrelevant. But if the main purpose of this forum--and the secret purpose of the main page--is really to promote "truth" (according to Winston Wu's definition), then it's more understandable why the CT stuff is here because you are such a CT enthusiast. If this is the case, then perhaps this forum should not be named "HappierAbroad.com" but should be called something like "WinstonWuLand.com" instead.
I suppose that I was once foolish enough to believe that this site was mainly about international dating, but now I know that that's clearly not the case: This site is just about promoting Winston Wu's opinions and views about all subjects, and international dating is only a small part of this.
And whether things change here or not, I think I've illustrated that many other long-time members also feel irritated about the overabundance of CT stuff on this forum.
This forum is not overrun by conspiracy threads. Most of the threads are still about international dating or culture, etc. You are blowing this out of proportion for some reason. Most of the new threads are not about conspiracies. Conspiracies are not good or bad, they are simply part of the learning process. Please don't marginalize them into one group.
This forum is not all about promoting my opinions. I do not even participate in most threads here. It is conglomerate of many different opinions. So I don't know where you get that.
With all due respect Winston, I think there are better forums to go to for those who are into intellectualizing and obsessing about CTs. Your site's strength is in the area of pursuing a better social and dating life as illustrated by your own well publicized living example. The more you allow unrelated topics to dilute this theme, the less focused your site will become.