Debate Forum

[Martin Hash]

This is a debate forum; everyone here does it for entertainment or they wouldn't be here. The quality of the debate often is quite good such that it is also informative, better than most forums, and it's as much for the lurkers as the participants. A valid tactic of online debate is to rattle your opponent with Insult and foul language but the line between entertaining and boorish is a fine one that's hard to get right so that both your opponent AND the lurkers get it.

1. If a thread is no longer entertaining, stop posting in it.
2. Let someone else take over for a while.
3. If you're getting angry, you lost.
4. Every-so-often, read the people you never read.
5. Let folks know when they did good.
6. Occasionally take the other side.
7. Never take anything personally.
8. Mimic the best.
9. Mix up your arguments.
10. Change your mind.

[atanamis]

Well said.