>>davega+(OP)
I'm saying that, in a forum dedicated to the practice of shaping the 21st century world by people who have immense power to shape the world, having a "We will be having none of that politics stuff in here!" policy is dangerous. The tools we build affect people's lives. The world we live in affects how the technology we build will be used, what our tools enable, and the problems we should focus on solving.
Feigning that we can have conversations in isolation from the world at large is a dangerous lack of recognition of our power and our responsibility.