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I visit a lot of forums (outside of BF) and am often disappointed in the conduct of its participants. At times, the arguments and explicit language that occur within can be both disgusting and embarrassing.

The HI forum, on the other hand, is one I'm proud to have the privilege to participate in. The conversations are typically pleasant, intelligent, clean, and contain the right amount of humor to keep you laughing.

I'm not sure why this forum seems different. Maybe it's a show of respect we have for our one-of-a-kind moderator UB. Additionally, the fact that we all love kuks gives us a unique bond -- like an undeclared “brotherhood of the blade”.

Anyway, take a bow everyone. This forum deserves a round of applause.
 
Here's some of the things that make this forum so comfortable IMHO.

"Constructive Discussions
To have a constructive discussion, there are at least four main requirements:

At Least Two People: This point should be obvious.


A Specific Topic: All conversations should have one specific topic, and as such should remain on that topic. Any new topic that forks out and is too far removed, should be started as a new thread or brought to a moderator's attention.


Knowledge: It is not expected that you should be thoroughly educated on an issue before commenting about it. At the same token, it is impossible for us to know everything. So if a topic is new to you or you don't know much about it, then it is good to spend some time researching to increase your knowledge before writing.


Self-control: Chances are you will disagree with someone and the discussion will take on the form of a debate. When debating, mutual respect is needed otherwise the debate will inevitably degrade into provoking and/or personal attacks.

Chances are you will begin loosing your respect for someone through what you perceive as an attack. If this happens, it is important you keep your self-control and remain innocent by maintaining an appropriate mannerism. If you are feeling too perturbed then you can either 1) politely leave the discussion, or 2) notify a moderator to intervene, ensuring any provoking is stopped, and/or the debate dismantled."

I found these points at:
http://www.godandscience.org/guidelines.html

There are several other observations at that site that are excellent considerations on the topic of "discussing/debating." The following were taken from biblical text and I thought seemed to fit the HIMIMP
Forum.

Quoted:
Here's some biblical advice to serve as a guide for conversations:

Write in a manner that you would want others to write to you - "in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you" (Matthew 7:12).

"But now you also, put them all aside: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and abusive speech from your mouth." (Colossians 3:8)

"Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned, as it were, with salt, so that you may know how you should respond to each person." (Colossians 4:6)

"In all things show yourself to be an example of good deeds, with purity in doctrine, dignified, sound in speech which is beyond reproach, in order that the opponent may be put to shame, having nothing bad to say about us." (Titus 2:7-8)
Constructive Discussions
 
Uncle Bill has nailed it pretty close on more than one occassion. The good old USA and many other countries try to live with the idea of free speach. The right of a man to his own opinion, whether you like what he says,or his opinion doesn't really matter. Our constitution says we all have these rights and many good men have died to protect them.

It seems to me that all else in the dealing with people comes down to the Golden Rule. If I don't want some one calling me names I won't call him names and so on. I guess the rest is self explanitory.:)
 
So true Pappy!:D It is great to see what a respectful attitude towards others beliefs will acomplish.
People here in the HI forum do not take themselves Too seriously either. One has to be able to laugh at himself. Also people here seem willing to admit that they do not know it all. Everyone here seems honestly interested in learning from the others, and also sharing what it is that they do know well. The HI forum is my favorite place to hang my hat, that is for sure.:cool:
 
Thanks for your comments everyone.

I guess everyone agrees in the basic principle of "treat others in the same manner you wish to be treated".
 
Clearblue?

A Specific Topic: All conversations should have one specific topic, and as such should remain on that topic. Any new topic that forks out and is too far removed, should be started as a new thread or brought to a moderator's attention

Well-said. However...have you looked in the archives for the 5,000+ post thread that HI had? The moderator (Sparks) took it OFF, because it was slowing down the entire system! That particular thread left no topic un-pursued.

:)

It was, of course, speckled with genius.:rolleyes:
 
Originally posted by Kismet
Clearblue?

A Specific Topic: All conversations should have one specific topic, and as such should remain on that topic. Any new topic that forks out and is too far removed, should be started as a new thread or brought to a moderator's attention

Well-said. However...have you looked in the archives for the 5,000+ post thread that HI had? The moderator (Sparks) took it OFF, because it was slowing down the entire system! That particular thread left no topic un-pursued.

:)

It was, of course, speckled with genius.:rolleyes:
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Hi Kismet,
I would wager that it was indeed filled to the brim with genius, not to mention brilliance. ;) I found those points by searching google and remembered them like this:
For discourse to occur one needs 3 things:
1-A topic
2-Two or more discoursees
3-Civility

But I thought the writer did a pretty good job at the site I found and quoted,at least close enough to inspire some thought about why this forum is so good.
 
Sort of reminds me of something Nietzsche says in 'Beyond Good and Evil':

'One seeks a midwife for his thoughts, another someone to whom he can be a midwife: thus originates a good conversation.'

As perfectly demonstrated on here!
 
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