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Joe, I've read the above two announcements with interest, and wonder if perhaps you've thought of moving these to the General Chat thread?
I rarely look at the Announcements Forum and suspect others might be the same.

Your Commandments seem pretty reasonable to me. I'd be interested in what others think.

The topic of conflict on the forum is interesting. Without some challenging of our entrenched views, exchanges become boring and we're not stimulated to think much. But it's a fine line as to where these challenges become attacks, and as such can result in some quite heated spats.
I know from time to time I've found myself responding to what feels like an unreasonable attitude with more of the same, and so the aggressiveness is fuelled. Ultimately, this serves none of us well.

It's not always easy to contradict someone, or challenge their view, in a respectful and objective way, but I guess this is something we all need to be aiming for.

Any comments from other members?

<blockquote data-quote="Julia" data-source="post: 506405" data-attributes="member: 1152">Joe, I&#039;ve read the above two announcements with interest, and wonder if perhaps you&#039;ve thought of moving these to the General Chat thread?I rarely look at the Announcements Forum and suspect others might be the same.Your Commandments seem pretty reasonable to me.&nbsp; I&#039;d be interested in what others think.The topic of conflict on the forum is interesting.&nbsp; Without some challenging of our entrenched views, exchanges become boring and we&#039;re not stimulated to think much.&nbsp; But it&#039;s a fine line as to where these challenges become attacks, and as such can result in some quite heated spats.I know from time to time I&#039;ve found myself responding to what feels like an unreasonable attitude with more of the same, and so the aggressiveness is fuelled.&nbsp; Ultimately, this serves none of us well.It&#039;s not always easy to contradict someone, or challenge their view, in a respectful and objective way, but I guess this is something we all need to be aiming for.Any comments from other members?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Julia, post: 506405, member: 1152"] Joe, I've read the above two announcements with interest, and wonder if perhaps you've thought of moving these to the General Chat thread? I rarely look at the Announcements Forum and suspect others might be the same. Your Commandments seem pretty reasonable to me. I'd be interested in what others think. The topic of conflict on the forum is interesting. Without some challenging of our entrenched views, exchanges become boring and we're not stimulated to think much. But it's a fine line as to where these challenges become attacks, and as such can result in some quite heated spats. I know from time to time I've found myself responding to what feels like an unreasonable attitude with more of the same, and so the aggressiveness is fuelled. Ultimately, this serves none of us well. It's not always easy to contradict someone, or challenge their view, in a respectful and objective way, but I guess this is something we all need to be aiming for. Any comments from other members? [/QUOTE]

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