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Originally Posted by dsvick
I agree completely!! It comes back to what you said before, treat people how you would like to be treated! If not better!!
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That's problematic.
I *like* intense debates that veer into flamewars. I don't mind name-calling; I consider it a way to discover someone's true feelings (and something of their education level) when they're getting emotional about a topic. I like point-by-point critiques that go over every flaw in a piece of writing, sometimes with snarky asides about the writer's possible motives for writing it.
It took me quite a while to figure out that not everyone on the internet prefers that approach to controversial topics. (And I'm still always surprised when people who don't, participate in those discussions anyway. Because obviously,
if you don't like sand, stay off the beach!) So "treat others as you want to be treated" is a really, really *bad* approach for some settings.
It works as a good starting premise among total strangers--but once you know someone a bit, ethical behavior involves *not* pretending they want the same things you do.