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New Rule: No Personal Attacks
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RE: New Rule: No Personal Attacks
Well I object to calling it a "nanny state" rule. It is a common rule on most forums. As I said, the only places that don't have a rule like that would be 4chan. The rule isn't meant to stifle expression but rather protect expression. As I have said many times, whenever insults or thrown the thread inevitably derails. But stopping them it keeps things civil and on track. As a discussion based forum intent on philosophical and rational conversations, personal attacks don't promote these conversations. They quickly make it impossible for people to keep these conversations friendly and welcoming.

"The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason." Benjamin Franklin

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New Rule: No Personal Attacks - by Tiberius - August 12, 2010 at 1:19 pm
RE: New Rule: No Personal Attacks - by Paul the Human - August 12, 2010 at 1:56 pm
RE: New Rule: No Personal Attacks - by Eilonnwy - August 12, 2010 at 2:05 pm
RE: New Rule: No Personal Attacks - by downbeatplumb - August 12, 2010 at 2:01 pm
RE: New Rule: No Personal Attacks - by Paul the Human - August 12, 2010 at 2:22 pm
RE: New Rule: No Personal Attacks - by Tiberius - August 12, 2010 at 8:16 pm
RE: New Rule: No Personal Attacks - by Eilonnwy - August 12, 2010 at 2:36 pm
RE: New Rule: No Personal Attacks - by TheDarkestOfAngels - August 12, 2010 at 2:38 pm
RE: New Rule: No Personal Attacks - by Eilonnwy - August 12, 2010 at 2:46 pm
RE: New Rule: No Personal Attacks - by TheDarkestOfAngels - August 12, 2010 at 4:57 pm
RE: New Rule: No Personal Attacks - by everythingafter - September 1, 2010 at 9:49 am
RE: New Rule: No Personal Attacks - by Paul the Human - August 12, 2010 at 2:56 pm
RE: New Rule: No Personal Attacks - by leo-rcc - August 12, 2010 at 3:03 pm
RE: New Rule: No Personal Attacks - by Paul the Human - August 12, 2010 at 3:13 pm
RE: New Rule: No Personal Attacks - by Eilonnwy - August 12, 2010 at 3:02 pm
RE: New Rule: No Personal Attacks - by Eilonnwy - August 12, 2010 at 3:22 pm
RE: New Rule: No Personal Attacks - by Welsh cake - August 12, 2010 at 3:47 pm
RE: New Rule: No Personal Attacks - by Minimalist - August 12, 2010 at 3:48 pm
RE: New Rule: No Personal Attacks - by Ace Otana - August 12, 2010 at 6:13 pm
RE: New Rule: No Personal Attacks - by Eilonnwy - August 12, 2010 at 3:53 pm
RE: New Rule: No Personal Attacks - by leo-rcc - August 12, 2010 at 3:53 pm
RE: New Rule: No Personal Attacks - by Autumnlicious - August 12, 2010 at 5:23 pm
RE: New Rule: No Personal Attacks - by leo-rcc - August 12, 2010 at 5:08 pm
RE: New Rule: No Personal Attacks - by Paul the Human - August 12, 2010 at 5:11 pm
RE: New Rule: No Personal Attacks - by leo-rcc - August 12, 2010 at 5:39 pm
RE: New Rule: No Personal Attacks - by Eilonnwy - August 12, 2010 at 8:11 pm
RE: New Rule: No Personal Attacks - by padraic - August 12, 2010 at 11:03 pm
RE: New Rule: No Personal Attacks - by KichigaiNeko - August 13, 2010 at 7:04 am
RE: New Rule: No Personal Attacks - by Nitsuj - August 12, 2010 at 11:05 pm
RE: New Rule: No Personal Attacks - by tackattack - August 13, 2010 at 12:39 am
RE: New Rule: No Personal Attacks - by LastPoet - August 13, 2010 at 8:16 am
RE: New Rule: No Personal Attacks - by Cego_Colher - August 13, 2010 at 4:23 pm
RE: New Rule: No Personal Attacks - by Minimalist - August 13, 2010 at 9:59 pm
RE: New Rule: No Personal Attacks - by Cego_Colher - August 13, 2010 at 10:19 pm
RE: New Rule: No Personal Attacks - by Violet - August 15, 2010 at 4:04 am
RE: New Rule: No Personal Attacks - by Tiberius - August 15, 2010 at 6:43 am
RE: New Rule: No Personal Attacks - by Autumnlicious - August 15, 2010 at 8:13 am
RE: New Rule: No Personal Attacks - by Tiberius - August 15, 2010 at 8:51 am
RE: New Rule: No Personal Attacks - by Dotard - August 15, 2010 at 11:09 am
RE: New Rule: No Personal Attacks - by Tiberius - August 15, 2010 at 11:12 am
RE: New Rule: No Personal Attacks - by Eilonnwy - August 15, 2010 at 11:13 am
RE: New Rule: No Personal Attacks - by Dotard - August 15, 2010 at 12:07 pm
RE: New Rule: No Personal Attacks - by Tiberius - August 15, 2010 at 2:17 pm
RE: New Rule: No Personal Attacks - by Eilonnwy - August 15, 2010 at 5:05 pm
RE: New Rule: No Personal Attacks - by Tiberius - August 16, 2010 at 12:07 pm
RE: New Rule: No Personal Attacks - by Eilonnwy - August 16, 2010 at 12:29 pm
RE: New Rule: No Personal Attacks - by Minimalist - August 16, 2010 at 2:01 pm
RE: New Rule: No Personal Attacks - by Tiberius - August 17, 2010 at 6:42 am
RE: New Rule: No Personal Attacks - by Paul the Human - August 16, 2010 at 2:20 pm
RE: New Rule: No Personal Attacks - by Eilonnwy - August 16, 2010 at 2:31 pm
RE: New Rule: No Personal Attacks - by Paul the Human - August 16, 2010 at 3:24 pm
RE: New Rule: No Personal Attacks - by Eilonnwy - August 16, 2010 at 3:44 pm
RE: New Rule: No Personal Attacks - by Eilonnwy - August 17, 2010 at 8:23 am
RE: New Rule: No Personal Attacks - by Dotard - August 17, 2010 at 8:40 am
RE: New Rule: No Personal Attacks - by Tiberius - August 17, 2010 at 8:58 am
RE: New Rule: No Personal Attacks - by Dotard - August 17, 2010 at 9:37 am
RE: New Rule: No Personal Attacks - by Scented Nectar - August 17, 2010 at 9:10 am
RE: New Rule: No Personal Attacks - by Eilonnwy - August 17, 2010 at 9:13 am
RE: New Rule: No Personal Attacks - by Scented Nectar - August 17, 2010 at 9:45 am
RE: New Rule: No Personal Attacks - by LastPoet - August 17, 2010 at 9:41 am
RE: New Rule: No Personal Attacks - by TheDarkestOfAngels - August 18, 2010 at 10:39 pm
RE: New Rule: No Personal Attacks - by Scented Nectar - August 19, 2010 at 3:03 pm
RE: New Rule: No Personal Attacks - by Tiberius - August 19, 2010 at 3:13 pm
RE: New Rule: No Personal Attacks - by fr0d0 - August 19, 2010 at 3:49 pm
RE: New Rule: No Personal Attacks - by Scented Nectar - August 20, 2010 at 7:20 am
RE: New Rule: No Personal Attacks - by Tiberius - August 20, 2010 at 8:54 am
RE: New Rule: No Personal Attacks - by Violet - August 30, 2010 at 5:18 pm
RE: New Rule: No Personal Attacks - by Tiberius - August 30, 2010 at 8:05 pm
RE: New Rule: No Personal Attacks - by Autumnlicious - August 30, 2010 at 9:57 pm
RE: New Rule: No Personal Attacks - by Tiberius - August 31, 2010 at 12:02 am
RE: New Rule: No Personal Attacks - by Rhizomorph13 - August 30, 2010 at 10:26 pm
RE: New Rule: No Personal Attacks - by Edwardo Piet - September 1, 2010 at 6:29 am
RE: New Rule: No Personal Attacks - by fr0d0 - September 1, 2010 at 7:16 am
RE: New Rule: No Personal Attacks - by Edwardo Piet - September 1, 2010 at 7:20 am
RE: New Rule: No Personal Attacks - by Tiberius - September 1, 2010 at 8:30 am

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