[Chimaera182]

Yeah, Mag and I tend to bring up certain things which shouldn't be brought up (I was wondering why it was I never got warned on such a thing, because I assumed it was an actual rule).

And while I do disagree partially to Magrus on the scientific discussion bit--every once in a while, I do enjoy a good scientific debate, full of facts, theses, etc. (I must admit, I enjoy seeing CE in action, whether we're on the same side or not )--a lot of our discussions really aren't supposed to be chock-full of facts and backed up by some bunch of reliable sources. To make any of these threads of discussion to be only applicable in any way to someone who can back up what they say is to preclude a good deal of the people on the board to begin with. Not everyone wants to or can back up their own feelings, which are pretty much what winds up getting discussed in a lot of threads. A lot of this is personal feelings/opinions. We can try to back stuff like that up, but I think people--like Masa, for example, who fell victim to a lot of criticism it seemed (including my own, mind you)--get intimidated when a bunch of facts are thrown at them and they're then asked to back up their own arguments. Intelligent debate can be quite intimidating, especially considering the collective intelligence of the average human is quite low.

As to Aramant's being banned, I don't recall seeing you post anything that offensive in here, but maybe I've just not been paying close attention. But I'd have to give that one a big 'no.'