I tend to agree with Sandi about it being distracting.
I would prefer this board remain focussed on marketing
and business issues. Of course, discussing the effects
of war (and almost war) on business and our respective
countries' economies is certainly a legitimate topic,
which I think we've touched on before.

It could be argued that no one is forcing us to read
every post. However, when such posts go up, I think
it steals time & effort that could be spent on more
entrepreneurial matters.

Perhaps a modification to Michael's post would have
been better -- less text (an attention-getting headline
would be sufficient), with the link to the article "for
those who are interested", followed by a link to
another forum that is more appropriate for follow-up
discussion.

Chris

> IMHO it is self-defeating as a marketer to
> distract the focus with talks of war.
> Frankly, if it's going to be a topic on this
> board, I'll go elsewhere because I get to
> thinking about stuff like that and then
> can't concentrate on my job at hand. When
> I'm working is not the time or place for
> that sort of thing unless it's the focus of
> my work...and it isn't.

> Just my 2 cents worth.

> Sandi