patrickcaturday
Active Member
This is probably a dumb idea but I thought that I would suggest it just to see how people react to it. I think that most of us on this board have a real interest in discussing the issues that are involved in the current situation in the Israeli/Palestinian conflict and that almost all of us would like to see a just and lasting peace, at least I would hope that is our primary motivation. This is just of course a matter of opinion but if we let our biases and ideology control our rational thought then there is no point in discussion. Unfortunately that is what I see happening on this board, almost all of us are guilty of it including me. The hate, poison, and invective that is spewed almost in every thread truly is disgusting and if it was uttered in person rather then as it is in the anonymous atmosphere of the Internet than I would wager that violence would erupt.
Keeping the above in mind I would like to suggest that the posters on this board engage in a cease fire that will last from July 3rd to August 3rd, there are a few simple rules that I would like to suggest;
1 ) All name calling must cease.
2 ) All insults of a personal nature be they regarding, race, ethnicity, religion sex, sexual orientation, political ideology, or intellect must cease.
3 ) All references to any group or groups of people as animals or sub humans must cease.
4 ) All references to people as Nazis or Zionazis must cease.
5 ) It would be acceptable to refer to an idea as being stupid or idiotic as long as that appellation was not applied to the individual presenting the idea
6 ) All posts on a thread should be disciplined in that they stay either on the
a ) main issue that the thread was started on
b ) are closely related to the main issue of the thread
c ) are not a diversion from the main issue
7 ) Opinions may be countered with opinions but facts may only be countered with facts.
I think that during this time we should spend some time refining our definitions so that we have a common ground on which to communicate, a topic for example might be defining what " Jewish State " or " Islamic Republic " means and weather or not they are racists or bigoted concepts.
This is just an idea of mine and I would be interested in getting responses to it.
Keeping the above in mind I would like to suggest that the posters on this board engage in a cease fire that will last from July 3rd to August 3rd, there are a few simple rules that I would like to suggest;
1 ) All name calling must cease.
2 ) All insults of a personal nature be they regarding, race, ethnicity, religion sex, sexual orientation, political ideology, or intellect must cease.
3 ) All references to any group or groups of people as animals or sub humans must cease.
4 ) All references to people as Nazis or Zionazis must cease.
5 ) It would be acceptable to refer to an idea as being stupid or idiotic as long as that appellation was not applied to the individual presenting the idea
6 ) All posts on a thread should be disciplined in that they stay either on the
a ) main issue that the thread was started on
b ) are closely related to the main issue of the thread
c ) are not a diversion from the main issue
7 ) Opinions may be countered with opinions but facts may only be countered with facts.
I think that during this time we should spend some time refining our definitions so that we have a common ground on which to communicate, a topic for example might be defining what " Jewish State " or " Islamic Republic " means and weather or not they are racists or bigoted concepts.
This is just an idea of mine and I would be interested in getting responses to it.