[Religion Moderator]

That exchange is a good example of "making it personal." It also illustrates the tendency of posters to return fire for fire and to escalate disputes.

OLD REGGIE and Natural Law, DO NOT accuse another Freeper of telling lies. That attributes motive, the intent to deceive. It is "making it personal."

Discuss the issues all you want, but do not make it personal.

[Natural Law]

"DO NOT accuse another Freeper of telling lies."

Excuse me, but you are going to have to point out to me where I accused anyone in specific of lying. I have been extremely careful not to bait or feed trolls or use any "y" words.

I did however assert that there are indeed liars who frequent this site. Is that in dispute?

[sitetest]

Dear Religion Moderator,

The two posts are not equivalent. One actually IS a veiled remark. It's not much different than, "All Catholics who accept that Mary was assumed into Heaven are idolaters," and posting it to a crowd of Catholics who have just finished explaining the reasonableness of the dogma of the Assumption. It is more veiled, less explicit than any of the psychotically-formatted (and likely demonically-infested) "rabid clique" posts.

The other is not veiled at all. Through the use of an image, it calls specific posters liars.

To equate them is evidence of bias.

sitetest

[OLD REGGIE]

That exchange is a good example of "making it personal." It also illustrates the tendency of posters to return fire for fire and to escalate disputes.

OLD REGGIE and Natural Law, DO NOT accuse another Freeper of telling lies. That attributes motive, the intent to deceive. It is "making it personal."

Discuss the issues all you want, but do not make it personal.

I hope you are not referring to the Mirror I posted in #921. That was only provided so he could admire his beauty. :-)