Are there accepted "Debate Rules" @SDMB?

[Colibri]

@Bryan Ekers

Bird, mammal… what’s the diff?

Heck, “one-trick loon” would be even better . . .

[tomndebb]

@Fear Itself

Don’t forget the one wherein introducing evidence of Near Death Experiences automatically wins the debate (any debate) for you, as anyone who disagrees is afraid of the Truth.

That is not true. Only one poster actually ever wins debates (and he will declare which debates he has won); NDE’s simply give you a license to interrupt any and all discussions of science, medicine, religion, spirituality, marriage vows, or a number of other topics to spread the message you learned while your brain was dead.

[Colibri]

@tomndebb

That is not true. Only one poster actually ever wins debates (and he will declare which debates he has won); NDE’s simply give you a license to interrupt any and all discussions of science, medicine, religion, spirituality, marriage vows, or a number of other topics to spread the message you learned while your brain was dead.

Shouldn’t that last bit be present tense?

[Askia]

@Colibri

Shouldn’t that last bit be present tense?

Oh, well spotted.

[Askia]

Colibri. Sorry. That should be: Ohhhhhhh. Well-spotted.