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Originally Posted by Nereid
Several of the posts of the last few days seem to reflect a misunderstanding of what this ATM section of BAUT is intended for.
The Rules for Posting to This Board are pretty straight-forward: |
I might add that within the ATM rules there is a link which says "Read this thread first." Part of the OP of that thread is:
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Originally Posted by dgruss23
8. You’re going to be asked tough questions. When someone asks you a question – answer it. If you don’t know the answer – say so.
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And here is the
second post of that thread.
This goes in line with what I was saying when I said this:
[quote=dgruss23] Well one of my points when this new rule was brought up about ATMers answering direct questions in a timely fashion is that while it is not unreasonable to expect ATM proponents to anwer direct questions, it is also not unreasonable for an ATM proponent to say,
"I'm going to need some time to look into that ... Give me X days/weeks and I'll get back to you."
But I think it is understood as part of fair dialogue that this rule about answering question in a timely fashion should equally apply to mainstreamers. This forum is a place of dialogue. If someone defending the mainstream POV chooses to engage in the dialogue taking place on an ATM thread - then IMO the mainstreamer has as much obligation to answer questions asked by an ATMer as the ATMer has to answer questions from the mainstream. [/url]
The obligation to answer direct questions is not just the obligation of ATM proponents. It reasonably applies to mainstream supporters that engage in these debates.