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This is something that everyone here has probably read before, but
recent events show that it needs to be seen again.
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The Rules of Engagement (simplified version)
1) If you resort to personal insults in a discussion, also known as
"ad hominem" personal attacks, you automatically lose the argument.
2) Don't psycho-analyze people that post. If you don't have the
training, you just look foolish and may find others psycho-analyzing you.
3) If you send a post that adds nothing to the logic of the discussion
and simply shows how mean you are, you automatically lose the argument
and may be killfiled.
4) Gross generalizations are rarely accurate and are easily proven
false. Don't assume anything about a poster that they haven't
explicitly expressed. If you do, prepare to lose the argument.
5) If you're looking to be offended, you probably will be. Don't
continually complain about it when you are, or engage in a volley of
retorts. If you do, you automatically lose status, waste bandwidth and
are likely to get yourself killfiled by the regulars. Sending posts to
the group that are never read can be very unrewarding.
6) The exchange of ideas is a challenging task. It is also one of the
most important things in the world, and a core part of discussion
groups like MCFL on usenet. If you are not capable of participating in
exchanges with civility, then at least have the sense to remove
yourself from the debate.
7) Please remember the facts and do your background research. Don't
just parrot rhetoric that you heard on the radio or read in print
somewhere. Unsupported rhetoric is the bane of usenet. If you're not
willing to spend the time collecting the information and facts to
support your position, then please sit on the sidelines. If you don't,
you may find that others who have done their research can totally
destroy your argument.
8) Please have the courtesy to post under a single name. Some posters
try to bolster their positions by posting from multiple accounts or
changing their name. This can temporarily confuse others, and thwart
killfiles, but those who do so are even more likely to be killfiled.
Don't bother saying you have killfiled a particular poster, it isn't
needed. Killfiling the worst offenders is the best way to keep the
group sane.
9) Keep your attributions and quotes straight. If you cut posts and
include portions in your responses incorrectly, you may give the
impression that poster A has said something that was actually said by
poster B. Trim posts, but be accurate and trim with context.
10) Don't even think about posting in HTML or posting with
attachments. Thoughtless behavior like this or massive uncorrected
spelling errors will get you killfiled.
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Also, another tidbit I dug up, that Neo should take notice of:
"If you have not been abusive and are personally attacked by someone
who can't resist saying something like "you ignorant slut" or worse,
congratulate yourself on having won the discussion and respond only
with a simple "You lose." The regulars will recognise that you abide
by civilized "rules of engagement" Your continuing a discussion with a
person who has already resorted to a personal attack upon you is
strikingly similar behavior to that of a beaten wife who repeatedly
returns to the husband that beats her. Responding to insults is not
mature behavior and does not make you a better person. Resist the
impulse to try to reason with such people or placate them. Some of
these posters regularly engage in personal attacks for their own
enjoyment, and the resulting responses just clutter the group with
useless posts."
--
"There are of course many problems connected with life, of
which some of the most popular are `Why are people born?'
`Why do they die?' `Why do they spend so much of the
intervening time wearing digital watches?'"
-- The Book.
This is something that everyone here has probably read before, but
recent events show that it needs to be seen again.
====================================================================
The Rules of Engagement (simplified version)
1) If you resort to personal insults in a discussion, also known as
"ad hominem" personal attacks, you automatically lose the argument.
2) Don't psycho-analyze people that post. If you don't have the
training, you just look foolish and may find others psycho-analyzing you.
3) If you send a post that adds nothing to the logic of the discussion
and simply shows how mean you are, you automatically lose the argument
and may be killfiled.
4) Gross generalizations are rarely accurate and are easily proven
false. Don't assume anything about a poster that they haven't
explicitly expressed. If you do, prepare to lose the argument.
5) If you're looking to be offended, you probably will be. Don't
continually complain about it when you are, or engage in a volley of
retorts. If you do, you automatically lose status, waste bandwidth and
are likely to get yourself killfiled by the regulars. Sending posts to
the group that are never read can be very unrewarding.
6) The exchange of ideas is a challenging task. It is also one of the
most important things in the world, and a core part of discussion
groups like MCFL on usenet. If you are not capable of participating in
exchanges with civility, then at least have the sense to remove
yourself from the debate.
7) Please remember the facts and do your background research. Don't
just parrot rhetoric that you heard on the radio or read in print
somewhere. Unsupported rhetoric is the bane of usenet. If you're not
willing to spend the time collecting the information and facts to
support your position, then please sit on the sidelines. If you don't,
you may find that others who have done their research can totally
destroy your argument.
8) Please have the courtesy to post under a single name. Some posters
try to bolster their positions by posting from multiple accounts or
changing their name. This can temporarily confuse others, and thwart
killfiles, but those who do so are even more likely to be killfiled.
Don't bother saying you have killfiled a particular poster, it isn't
needed. Killfiling the worst offenders is the best way to keep the
group sane.
9) Keep your attributions and quotes straight. If you cut posts and
include portions in your responses incorrectly, you may give the
impression that poster A has said something that was actually said by
poster B. Trim posts, but be accurate and trim with context.
10) Don't even think about posting in HTML or posting with
attachments. Thoughtless behavior like this or massive uncorrected
spelling errors will get you killfiled.
====================================================================
Also, another tidbit I dug up, that Neo should take notice of:
"If you have not been abusive and are personally attacked by someone
who can't resist saying something like "you ignorant slut" or worse,
congratulate yourself on having won the discussion and respond only
with a simple "You lose." The regulars will recognise that you abide
by civilized "rules of engagement" Your continuing a discussion with a
person who has already resorted to a personal attack upon you is
strikingly similar behavior to that of a beaten wife who repeatedly
returns to the husband that beats her. Responding to insults is not
mature behavior and does not make you a better person. Resist the
impulse to try to reason with such people or placate them. Some of
these posters regularly engage in personal attacks for their own
enjoyment, and the resulting responses just clutter the group with
useless posts."
--
"There are of course many problems connected with life, of
which some of the most popular are `Why are people born?'
`Why do they die?' `Why do they spend so much of the
intervening time wearing digital watches?'"
-- The Book.
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