I was going to call them the "Ten Commandments" but felt someone might be offended by that (either a religious person thinking I'm blasphemous or a secularist thinking I'm showing a bias towards religion. Lose, lose, you see). Also, I couldn't come up with ten rules.
So instead, observe the Golden Rules of the Debate Spot.
1) RESPECT your fellow debaters. They believe what they do for a reason just like you do. As opposed to simply trying to explain why they're wrong, explain your point of view and LISTEN to theirs. If you find you simply just cannot understand their views, or that they will...
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