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  • CF has always been a site that welcomes people from different backgrounds and beliefs to participate in discussion and even debate. That is the nature of its ministry. In view of recent events emotions are running very high. We need to remind people of some basic principles in debating on this site. We need to be civil when we express differences in opinion. No personal attacks. Avoid you, your statements. Don't characterize an entire political party with comparisons to Fascism or Communism or other extreme movements that committed atrocities. CF is not the place for broad brush or blanket statements about groups and political parties. Put the broad brushes and blankets away when you come to CF, better yet, put them in the incinerator. Debate had no place for them. We need to remember that people that commit acts of violence represent themselves or a small extreme faction.

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Formal Debate Peanut Gallery Guidelines

Once a debate is accepted by both parties, the proposal thread is closed a discussion thread is created by a moderator in the Peanut Gallery for non-debate participants to comment on the debate. Moderators reserve the right to moderate any discussion thread in the peanut gallery. The peanut gallery threads on controversial topics will be moderated. Please do not start any threads in this forum as the moderators will start all of the threads.

Participants in the debate are discouraged from posting in the Peanut Gallery discussion thread until after the debate has concluded. They can, and often do, check the Peanut Gallery as a bit of a barometer to gauge how the debate is going, and which tack they should take in their next post. This adds an additional dynamic to the debate, and allows participation outside of the debate for interested members. Once the debate is finished, the participants may continue the discussion in the Peanut Gallery thread.
 
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