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I like to address the tone this forum has been taking. The purpose of this forum is to discuss and debate. The purpose of debate is to persuade and inform, not challenge and attack. Please make sure your posts are informative and on topic. You may start a new thread if you want to go off topic. If you state facts, please include a link to your source for those facts, so others may independently verify your information. Please do not lower yourself to level of personal attacks and insults. Inappropriate comments and post will be deleted. Thank you for your cooperation.

Debate can be to challenge and attack someone's ideas, not the person.

Dave---The definition of debate form Webster�s Dictionary. Debate: a contention by words or arguments: as (a) : the formal discussion of a motion before a deliberative body according to the rules of parliamentary procedure (b) : a regulated discussion of a proposition between two matched sides.

Please note the words formal and regulated. All debating societies set strict rules. If you do not follow the rules, you are disqualified. You agreed to follow certain rules when you registered with BellaOnline. Those rules allow me as moderator of the forum to determine the content on this forum. I can and will delete any post, that is not consistent with my stated purpose of the forum.

Dave, please have enough respect for your word, to stand by your agreement to follow the rules. If your word was not good when you agreed to follow the rules, how can you expect anyone to trust any information you post. I will expect everyone who posts in this forum to comply with my stated purpose.

A convenient excuse to rid the world of ideas you fear.

If it's a rule you don't like, enforcing it is "an excuse," even though you agreed to abide by the rule in order to join the Forum.


That's hypocracy, Dave, pure and simple. If you don't want to abide by the rules, feel free to leave.

I've just joined this forum and TexasDave seems to be everywhere! His posts are mainly offensive and aggressive, I'm surprised you let HIM in!

shnelfig, another division of "divided".

What does that mean? Call me bonkers (actually don't call me bonkers or I'll get very cross) but that doesn't make any sense. A division of 'divided' would be 'divi', or 'ded', not snlef...shelfn...shnelfig! I'm right, it's true*. You talk some funny old stuff don't you lovely? Now shnelfig could be a division of 'shnelfigfnark', or even 'windowshnelfig'. Come on, you can do better than this. I love your work but lordy lordy we'll just leave it there and say no more, shall we?

* check it out if you don't beleive me