Some suggestions for making our conversations on this forum productive
and not destructive:

We don't need to argue - and it doesn't help us.

This is an area that you've been invited into because you were considered to already be in some agreement with the views of others already here. So, this is a place where we hope you can feel comfortable to DISCUSS ideas - that's something different from ARGUING.

We don't expect that there will never be disagreement, but we don't want this area to become a place where hostility is created because of interpersonal animosity over the disagreements. We're all pretty much agreeing to have conversational peace by treating each other with respect and realizing that if someone came to a certain view, they must have done so for a reason. We think respectful discussion of the reasons and the logic of the conclusions one comes to will increase the understanding of both parties. Each may move somewhat in their position when treated with respect. Both may harden their positions if a hostile competitive environment exists (ie, one has to be the "winner" and the other has to be the "loser").

We hope the methods of discourse here enhance understanding and creativity and end up building camaraderie, rather that enmity. We've got work to do to build a free society together, so let's don't let minor ideological variations or differences of opinion on tactics diminish our ability to work together for that common cause.