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Madjius, please read the forum FAQ, found here:http://www.timewastersguide.com/forum/index.php?topic=11.0.

If you have something meaningful or interesting to add to discussions here, that's great. But no more resurrecting old threads and spamming the boards, please.

There are ways to say things that get your point across while still being respectful and polite. For example, back to the dictionary example, instead of saying "try using your dictionary more often!" you can say "I disagree with your use of "adultery" in that context. I'd define it as such and such, which doesn't affect such and such (filling in the relevant information where needed).


It's more the tone and presentation of the arguments I'm talking about--not the content.

 

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I would like to point out an important section from our FAQ:
http://www.timewastersguide.com/forum/index.php?topic=11.0

FOURTH ITEM: Be polite. 
I can't stress this enough. Being insensitive to others' opinions is a failing of both newcomers and long-time posters.  Try not to contribute to this atmosphere. It is good to have strong opinions, and it's even better to have opinions that are different from those of other posters.  The forum experience is about discussion and disagreement. However, you can disagree with someone without calling them names or otherwise insulting them. Be nice and respect people's differences.




Threads like this are bound to take twists and turns and get a little heated when they move from dealing with the specific topic (whether sex and sexuality are missing within the text of the Mistborn series) to more general (the role of sex and sexuality in our real life society--good, bad, moral, immoral, etc).

However, you can have a discussion or debate without name calling, without being condescending (from any viewpoint), and without being hostile. 

If the thread continues to degenerate into bickering instead of debate I will have to lock the thread. I don't want to do that, as I like to see the board hopping with discussion and debate!  So, to recap, polite disagreements = good, hostile and rude comments directed at other posters = bad. 

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Just wanted to let everyone know that I sent Brandon the file that Sarah compiled (thanks, Sarah!)  and he says to tell you that he's going to work on answering the questions. Also, he wanted me to thank you all for being so awesome. So,

Thanks for being awesome, everyone! Brandon really appreciates your support.

Very cool. I'm excited to see them! The Elantris pendants are  beautiful.

I did notice that the link is broken from your main page at the moment. It tries to go to "misborn" instead of "mistborn." 

Well, Chris and I are now the proud parents of two adorable children.  I went into the hospital early Monday morning, and Jonas Timothy Kugler was born at 8:29 p.m. that evening (Oct. 20). He was 9 lbs. 15 oz. and 20 inches long. Big sister Brenna pronounced him "cute," but isn't so sure about the crying.

~Kristy

Here's a picture (or two):



More pictures can be found here: http://www.kuglerworld.com/gallery/v/Jonas/

From Comatose (moved from a non-spoiler thread to this one):

Reaves....
You were right!
And it was Presrevation in the tent.
It's weird to think that our first theory was that Preservation was the mist spirit, but then we were distracted, and our original hunch proved to be correct.

Also from Comatose (Also moved from another thread):

I was sort of right about hemalurgy (YES!)  I got the examples wrong, but I did get the power and normal attribute stealing bit right, so that's awesome!  I told you guys the feruchemist/misting thing was correct when it first came up!
that's my I told you so.
I was wrong about the last two metals, but I did say metals absorb a God's power, which is kind of like the whole body of the gods thing.

This topic has been moved to [Writing Group].

http://www.timewastersguide.com/forum/index.php?topic=6140.0