[Hiram Sedai]

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Originally posted by Ziroc:
Many have asked for this forum to be created, and I too think it should be.. The 'War' posts have been flooding our General Discussion forum, and many people don't wish to keep seeing these threads.

If you wish to discuss anything, please keep it polite, and NO attacks, and no racist remarks will be allowed. All Normal Moderators will have full access to this forum as well.


Just adding some general guidelines as well to Ziroc's post.

• I may not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.

This is the cornerstone around which the concept of freedom of speech is built, as long as it is done with respect for others.

• Debating is not about winning or losing, it's about expressing a point of view and listening to another person expressing theirs. There is no shame in agreeing to disagree when the argument starts to go nowhere.

• Don't take things personally. Life's too short to get upset about another person's point of view.

I know most of you love a good spirited debate, since most of you are quite strongly opinionated, if somewhat tactless about expressing opinions, serenely confident in your righteousness and in the other's wrongness. This is not a problem unless you start making snide remarks about each other which don't have anything to do with the topic at hand, as this usually leads to shouting profanities at each other, which then becomes a problem. However, I'm sure will not happen, given that we're all VERY good at exercising self-control, right?

Just remember that two of the most difficult things to do on the internet are: 1) admit that you can't change the other person's point of view; and 2) accept that failing to change the other person's point of view does NOT mean you have lost the argument.

- Memnoch




Thanks guys,

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Wipe that look of suprise off your faces!! I know you weren't expecting me to bump this thread again. hehe