No. of Recommendations: 61
I don't know if I can say this well. But I feel it's worth a try.
I want to thank Manlobbi for permitting the various threads concerning the tariff crisis - and causes - to continue thus far on our BRK board. It can logically be argued that these all belong on the Politic Asylum board. And I have argued so in the past.
What's different this time is that the "Tariff Crisis" - while not really a black swan - can be as significant as was the Covid crisis in terms of impacting Berkshire. And, unfortunately, the PA board is so dominated by the extremes of the left and right arguing that most real "signals" are lost in the "noise" content. You've got to read a lot to get a little - and there's mostly junk mail.
This BRK board differs in that respect. While we have views that are definitely political in nature, they are about subjects that directly impact BRK's primary issue - how and when to invest current cash plus ongoing cash flow. And, given the more reasoned makeup of this board, the "signal" info is not lost in much "noise". We may disagree, but the majority of the opinions are worth a listen.
And so our monitor has seemed to judge so far.
Thanks
No. of Recommendations: 35
I second the thought. Though it is the Berkshire board, it's also a community, and sometimes one wants to discuss things with a community.
One other thought, hard as it is to follow for me:
We have a long tradition of trying to avoid ad hominem attacks. I think we should try to apply that universally, not just to posters. There are certain players on the world stage that one might not like, but let's try to follow the old maxim of the MI board: Be nice to the people, but feel free to beat their ideas to death. I will attempt to stay with "that policy is a poor one because..." rather than "that person is an idiot and his momma dresses him funny".
This would, alas, apply to ad hominem attacks which happen to be demonstrably true. Being myself short, fat, bald, jolly, and big-eared, I resemble a second-rate Buddha, but I'd rather no-one pointed it out : )
Jim
