Dear Atheist Forums

[Cinjin]

I agree about having a debate like this. However, if you started calling me names, it wouldn't worry or upset me in the slightest and you would, no doubt, expect me to reply in kind.
So, what's the problem?

the occasional burn between two willing participants is fine in my opinion. In the recent past, Frodo and I have often jabbed at each other, even insulting each other's intelligence, but we seem to have a mutual understanding of what is acceptable. Name calling and the gang-up mentality however is damaging the reputation of these forums and it is creating an environment of hostility that leads members and future members to find other venues of debate and conversation.