Janet said something the other day regarding only music related subjects being allowed in the coffee house; I always assumed that any subject (except politics/religion) was allowed as long as it was presented in a civil and non-offensive manner.

Janet's quote:
They allow "general discussion" in the Coffee House, but it is still expected to be primarily music related chat between musicians.

The coffee house rules state:
Discussion of off-topic music related subjects. No politics. No religion. Enjoy!

I'm not quite sure what an off-topic music related subject is; but my understanding of that sentence is only music related subjects are allowed in the coffee house.

Not trying to be a wise ass but it seems the majority of coffee house posts are not music related (including most of my past posts)  So, what is the rule here?

Just about every current event has some political or religious overtones, even if none is intended. Are they off limits too?

i say go for it.
 

Are you sure that was Janet?  Looks like something I remember writing...
 
Never the less,  the "rules" for the Coffee House are more relaxed than the rest of the forum.
Think of it in terms of a real cafe with tables and sofas with a record company office on one side and guitar centre on the other and a major venue just across the street.
 
The cafe will most likely get filled with musicians of sorts who will mostly be talking about music in some form or other.   That is what is intended for the Coffee House.
 
Religion and politics are out on the basis that they are too polarised and are guaranteed to start arguments, fights or worse...

Who's Janet?
 
Are you referring to what Karyn posted in that weird "epic" spammer's thread a couple nights ago (sounds similar)?
 
Seems a LOT of leeway is given in regards to the technical "rules" of the CH but if something is threatening to turn into a flamewar... well...
 
And if you are indeed quoting that thread you have to understand that person has been banned multiple times for good reason. Extremely disruptive and bizarre.

nm...
 

I agree.  The Coffee House Rules!!!
 

Rules have always been selectively enforced.  Most coffee house posts would be deleted if the rules were enforced strictly.  The good news ( bad news to the few who give ****) is that nobody gives a ****. As long as people are not mucking up the main forums with unrelated stuff, I doubt it's  worth Cakewalk's time to heavily regulate. Even religion and politics slips in because it rarely blows up when the crowd is mostly homogenous. Even the disagreements here are mild because they often boil down to minor semantics and anyone adamantly disagreeing either remains silent or is quickly silenced by an overwhelming majority. Not judging that one way or another. Just saying it is rare anything happens here that is serious enough to warrant major changes.

Everything is music related if you hum when you type.
 
HTH.

Karyn:
Are you sure that was Janet? Looks like something I remember writing...

Yes, Karyn it was you.

Who the hell is Janet?      :)

Janet is a pianist who is another of the CH crew MIA...
 
She plays a mean chainsaw.