Maybe we should have a meta-rule that anyone who starts a political debate must specify rules how the topic should be debated.
Um, this is a horrible idea. The problem is people will make rules that amount to "you're only allowed to debate this topic if you agree with me".
If it's worth saying, but not worth its own post (even in Discussion), then it goes here.
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1. Please add the 'open_thread' tag.
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4. Open Threads should start on Monday, and end on Sunday.