How To Behave On An Internet Forum

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And this one again involving a Good News Club, this time in Maryland. The Montgomery County Public Schools has a Good News Club chapter that uses school facilities for their meetings.
I admit up front that I'm going all paternalistic on the Dawkins Forum people, and Imma gonna let you finish your imminent self destruction and all, but first I wanted to use this moment in time as an object lesson in communication.
I run a blog, not an open forum, and I'm reminded once again why I prefer the former.
Run by Matt Haber at Utah, it's a forum for discussions of work in progress, student matters like employment, tech issues and biology and society topics, to mention only a few. It's in alpha form now, but expect it to grow. The sidebar blurb is this:

Be excellent? Gee, where have I heard that before ....

Be nice to each other! Yes!

My mum first told me I should do that. Smart lady, my mum. Seems to work great most of the time.