[@Axel]
An intellectual discussion of characters can serve to improve both those involved and those who witness it. This site seems to always expect the worst outcome from a discussion where two parties disagree. I have one question:

Why?
[/quote] History, simple as that.

[quote=@Sodium]
[@Axel]
Nothing good can come from shying away from chances for growth. Discussion and the exchange of ideas is the easiest way to grow intellectually. If discourse is discouraged, the only outcome is stagnation. I've seen faaaaaaaaaar too many games die out simply because nobody could bear to say something that another disagreed with, which led to everyone internalizing their disagreements and eventually just leaving because the joy of the game was gone.
[/quote] Yes and nothing bad can happen as well. Also all experiences are different so just because something happened to you doesn't mean it will happen to everyone else. I've seen faaaaaar too many games prosper because of the very reasons you said your games die out and I've also seen some crash and burn because of what you desire to happen had happened. Regardless, you do make some solid points and as such, I respect them. On the flip note however, I cannot say I agree with the proposal poses since it carries a larger risk than the alternative.

[quote=@Sodium]
[@Ganryu] [@Celaira]
I don't see a personal attack here. What I see is a serious discussion, and a group of unrelated people blowing it out of proportion in order to save their silly conversation space. I could just as easily ask the silly one-line-that-doesn't-really-contribute-anything-to-the-discussion posters to keep those to PMs and have just as much, if not more, grounds for the request.

[@Axel]
Telling people to carry out discussions privately essentially tells them their discussion isn't wanted. It does more damage than you'd expect, as there's an implied "your discussion isn't important enough to hold where everyone can see it" message, and even if those involved don't realize it, the message gets across. In this case it's especially bad, as now a co-GM is telling players that a discussion that SHOULD be important to the GMs should not be handled in a place visible to the GMs.
[/quote]Unless you can read minds, you'd probably want to refrain from saying such things as each person's way of thinking is completely different from yours or mine. Another thing, you should pay more attention to what I wrote before responding to them since I clearly told both parties to include either me or one of the other gms as well in order to resolve it. Lastly, a big portion of your response is mostly based on how you perceive people to think rather than how they actually do so it really made it pointless for me to respond to it when you have no real evidence to support it. For all I know, what you're saying about people interpreting things a certain way could be correct but without bringing nothing to back it up, you're just as believable as the next person. With that said, I hope my response was adequate enough and even though you could perceive this as anything you want sumthin sumthin(xD), I hope you attain something constructive from this response. :)