 debate....
Debate has rules and manners - one of which is not to attack each other personally, all that shows is a lack of ability and a weakness in a person's own argument.
We cannot disagree? Is that really where it's at? Will each thread only be acceptable if all posters that add to it agree? Will a new post be suggested for any opinion that opposes? Or will it just be that no opposition will be allowed to be posted at all? Will that be across the board, in every forum?
If someone's only point is to suggest another is in denial will that be ok?
I have never seen a big forum die, I can't help but wonder how it would be possible with so many posters, or if it would be possible. It won't really matter who leaves or stays in the long run because new people will always come. But they will also come with opposing views.
Debate is just the process of testing ideas against reason - it is how my own secular ideas are formed, it is how science is conducted, it's how presidents and prime ministers ask for our vote, it has been in existance since the ancient greeks and most likely further back than that. From Aristotle to Stephen Hawkins it has survived. Debate will continue and I guess if it is unwelcome here you'll be left with whatever is left after it has all been removed. At least it won't stop a person shouting denial as that would never had any part of respectful debate.
I guess time will tell..... |