Civility subsection suggestion

[Catholic_Lady]

See, I don't believe that though. I think if someone was having a discussion with friends/family at the dinner table, or in a classroom setting with their peers, they would know pretttty well how to stay civil...

Have you ever managed groups of people with little to no higher education? I've got employees who will talk to the woman we have handling health coverage. A women they know to be a devout christian who does not swear and does not like to hear others swear. And they still couldn't get through a sentence without the word fuck in it if you put a gun to their head. You think everyone just knows. Trust me there are those that don't.  And speaking of higher education...

....I think overall, a good way to put it is this: imagine you are a college student in class and there is a classroom discussion going on, started by the professor, about a serious/controversial topic. Don't say anything on the thread that you wouldn't say in the classroom setting to your classmates and professor.

I get where you're trying to go with this example but to be fair, college professors have been known to use a four letter word or two. I'm just sayin'. College professors have also been known to belittle or otherwise verbally bitch slap students in the course of open discussions.

I also notice you're still hanging on to the dickwad thing so I will ask you again. If I'm having a discussion with someone I know to be atheist and I say I think what they're saying makes them sound like a christian, have I just called them a christian?

If it would be that confusing to you because "somewhere out there exist professors who cuss out their students and call them nasty names", then just stick to reading the rules, both of which would prohibit the 2.

"Christian" is not a nasty name, but I would say, if in doubt, don't do it.