The 10 Commandments Of Rational Debate

to require these be adhered to, and call out the offender each time an infraction occurs.

I'm sure that's doable!

But may require follow up posts to put words in your mouth.

Of course you'd end up with this.......
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022903631

I wish all DU'er's followed these rules.

(And by the way, thanks for the correct usage of "begging the question."

Assuming the truth of the conclusion in the premise. But that's a difficult concept to portray.

Begging the Question

So even this one gets it wrong.

The common colloquial use of "begging the question" is more accurately termed "inviting the question", or some other variant... "Raising the question."

11) Thou shalt NOT just Make Stuff Up,
and use it to attack another member of DU.

Discussions would be so much more interesting if people tried to work within a rational framework.

Listening to people call each other names is not particularly interesting, and tends to generate annoyance and even hostile emotions.

Listening to people involved in rational debate can be very interesting and even enlightening.

Thank you for listing these points!

Thou shalt actually read the post first.

which is nearly non-existent

it would ne nice, however