I. Show respect for your fellow posters
1. Name-calling, eye-rolling, use of deprecating smilies, generalizations/stereotypes, etc. will be viewed as a display of disrespect and will fall under the heading of "trolling"
II. Be willing to engage in fact-based debate
1. Provide links or other form of citation to corroborate claims; uncited claims will be considered opinion/hearsay
2. Repetition of opinion/hearsay as the factual basis for an argument will fall under the heading of "trolling"
Given these rules, why then are so many allowed to openly mock people of faith? I've been banned twice now and both times I clearly deserved it, but the very same reasons for which I was banned occur on a regular basis with no reprocussions for those of a differing viewpoint. I'm willing to do my part to uphold the rules you have here, but can I expect the same from you? If not then I would suggest changing the name of the forum to The Liberal Discussion forum because clearly other views thus far haven't been accepted and are consistently met with mockery, degradation and tasteless offensive "humor." So I ask you openly, where do you stand and what directon will this place go in?
1. Name-calling, eye-rolling, use of deprecating smilies, generalizations/stereotypes, etc. will be viewed as a display of disrespect and will fall under the heading of "trolling"
II. Be willing to engage in fact-based debate
1. Provide links or other form of citation to corroborate claims; uncited claims will be considered opinion/hearsay
2. Repetition of opinion/hearsay as the factual basis for an argument will fall under the heading of "trolling"
Given these rules, why then are so many allowed to openly mock people of faith? I've been banned twice now and both times I clearly deserved it, but the very same reasons for which I was banned occur on a regular basis with no reprocussions for those of a differing viewpoint. I'm willing to do my part to uphold the rules you have here, but can I expect the same from you? If not then I would suggest changing the name of the forum to The Liberal Discussion forum because clearly other views thus far haven't been accepted and are consistently met with mockery, degradation and tasteless offensive "humor." So I ask you openly, where do you stand and what directon will this place go in?
