Civility subsection suggestion

[Edwardo Piet]

So, the forum would keep people with little education and no self-control out of serious discussions.

That's a good thing.

(Bold mine)

Are we going to start checking people's credentials? If so, Catholic school doesn't count.

Furthermore... swearing isn't a sign of a poor education. As Stephen Fry points out in this awesome video:





I have poor self control but I don't care about that much because I have enough self control to get by just fine. I like being me.

I haven't had much of a formal education but I'm still smart and logical. Imagine what I'll be like when I get one? (I'm planning to get one).

That said, I've educated myself on the topics I'm actually interested in. And there's nothing especially wrong with autodidacticism... in fact many of the best philosophers of all time were very critical of academic philosophy. And it's philosophy that I'm most interested in studying.

Schools, colleges and universities have improved over the centuries though. And I definitely want to get into formal education. Then I'll be even better.

And as far as I am concerned if I make a bunch of points and a logical argument and someone responds by saying that I have poor education and lack self control... that's just a way to ignore my actual points.