Learn the art of paraphrasing: Don't just quote and comment on a point-by-point basis.
It seems to me that some of the most vicious, yellow-flag deserving, point/counter-point arguments on this digest would never even grow from the glimmer in the eye stage to bawling, vomiting life, if the participants would restate their "proto-opponents" positions in their own words and ask, before flaming, if they understand those statements correctly. "Before flaming," did I say that already? Maybe even "in lieu of flaming"! Naw... that's too much to ask.
Cheers,
Loren
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