Civility subsection suggestion

[Edwardo Piet]

Uh oh, it says "Debating is to be civil".... what does that meeeannnn!!! Lol

In this case, it likely means whatever whoever is moderatimg the debate thinks it means.

I think CL's point is "Let's not pretend we don't know what "civility" means."

If I am writing a formal letter that starts with "Dear Sir or Madam" and ends with "Yours Sincerely" but I say the word "fuck" in the middle of it... then when the other person is offended I can't fall back on stuff like "But who's to say the word "fuck" is offensive? I don't find it offensive."

We know what is meant by "civility".

If, during a debate, Sam Harris said that William Lane Craig was "Nothing but a rotten, lying, cunt of a bastard" a "motherfucking scumbag" and a "disingenuous fuckwit"... the fact that the audience would be shocked and it would be considered a step too far, to say the least, isn't some gigantic mystery. If we were to react by saying "But who's to say that's offensive? Taking offense is entirely subjective." we would be being as intentionally obtuse and disingenuous as William Lane Craig himself is.