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Originally Posted by DoTheMath
Might as well say "Because you've got blue eyes!"
There's nothing about having read the books that inherently threatens the integrity of non-bookreader's experience when we're just discussing aspects of the show that have nothing to do with plot.
Sure, but it is all too easy for it to slip into book territory. It happened many times in the old TV thread.
Most book readers think that they can be careful enough to avoid spoilers for the TV crowd, and maybe most can, but there are definitely a few book readers that (accidentally or not) leaked spoilers and book info to the TV only crowd. (Note: I'm talking about known book readers who were leaking info accidentally or not, not just the people who pretend to not be book/wiki readers and intentionally make highly accurate "predictions"). And because of those few people that were bringing book info into the TV thread, all book readers are now (rightfully) under suspicion in the TV thread. It's easier to just say book readers shouldn't post in the TV thread at all.
What is the problem with just discussing things in the book thread, and merely lurking the TV thread?