Please note an important addition to DW's TOS:
2c. Be agreeable, especially when you disagree
You may wish to respond to something by disagreeing with it. That’s fine: the Buddha said we should praise what should be praised, and criticize what should be criticized. But remember the advice of the Araṇavibhaṅga Sutta: criticize ideas, not people.
Please avoid:Instead, consider first the things that should be reflected on before criticizing another (from MN 21 Kakacūpama Sutta, and Vinaya Kd 19.5.2):
- . Name-calling.
. Ad hominem attacks.
. Responding to a post’s tone instead of its actual content.
. Knee-jerk contradiction.
. Passive-aggressive tactics.
. Psycho-analysing other commenters.
. Threatening people with kammic retribution!(2c. from Ven. Sujato's universal rules of dhamma discourse)I will speak at a right time, not at a wrong time; I will speak about what is true, not about what is not true; I will speak with gentleness, not with harshness; I will speak about what is meaningful, not about what is not meaningful; I will speak with a mind of loving-kindness, not with inner hatred.