[Senator Bedfellow]

I see. So if I, hypothetically speaking, post that you are actively defending something you know to be a falsehood, that's beyond the pale. If, however, I hypothetically post that your manner suggests that you are actively defending something you appear to know is a falsehood, that's not assigning motives, and is hence acceptable posting.

That whole bit about not assigning motives was always the most completely unworkable bit of the whole agreement of the willing, which should be tolerably obvious by the fact that we can say exactly the same thing in both instances by simply adding a little "seems to be" fig leaf to the second. It is completely unenforceable, as a posting rule. I am, in fact, rather surprised that you chose to resurrect it here in this forum, given how easy it is to evade.

[Alamo-Girl]

Fascinating, Senator. You testify to an agreement which preceded your sign-up date. Are you an oldtimer with a new handle?

[balrog666]

I see. So if I, hypothetically speaking, post that you are actively defending something you know to be a falsehood, that's beyond the pale. If, however, I hypothetically post that your manner suggests that you are actively defending something you appear to know is a falsehood, that's not assigning motives, and is hence acceptable posting.

That whole bit about not assigning motives was always the most completely unworkable bit of the whole agreement of the willing, which should be tolerably obvious by the fact that we can say exactly the same thing in both instances by simply adding a little "seems to be" fig leaf to the second. It is completely unenforceable, as a posting rule. I am, in fact, rather surprised that you chose to resurrect it here in this forum, given how easy it is to evade.

If this is the kind of moderating that all the fundamentalists are used to seeing, day in and day out, I can see why all the old ALS-stinkers thought they were trapping the rational posters with the "Agreement of the Willing".

Of course, nobody was agreeing to Religion Forum "rules" ...