Given my exchanges with Dan and dmb, and David Harding's recent post on argumentation towards agreement .... I though I'd post a set of Rules of Engagement .... I've proposed elsewhere:
*Rule #1 RESPECT – Understand & Question before Disagree & Criticize.* *Critical debate is essential to our agenda and anyone voicing direct disagreement with or criticism of the arguments of another must be seen to have understood, or sincerely attempted to understand, the others’ argument and to have related their counter argument to it.* * * *Rule #2 RESPECT – No “Ad Hominem” attacks on the Individual.* *Absolute no-no. Anyone having trouble with an individual should resolve with that individual, and involve moderator(s) in absolute confidence if mediation or moderation is considered necessary.* * * *Rule #3 RESPECT – Duty of Care when using Rhetoric or Irony.* *OK, but life (mine and yours) would be boring and sterile if we politely agreed with each other. So lively, critical, robust, intelligent debate is positively encouraged. What will not be tolerated is any perceived intent to circumvent Rules #1 & #2 under cover of rhetoric or irony.* * * *Beyond the rules above, here are a few guidelines.* *(Snipped here.)* * * *Moderation / Applying the Rules* *(Snipped here.)* * * * Enjoy.* Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
