[milk and honey]

I agree with Bill and Kerry about the need to maintain a civil tone. People aren't going to agree on everything but we shouldn't get filthy with each other.

'Licence' is not freedom. Bill's point is the same one the old scriptures made when they referred to the problem of 'licencious' behavior. There is law in this universe and if we defy the (interior) law of harmony we will never know the true meaning of soul freedom which alone can master the problems of the material plane. Our responsibility to the law is to express it's love and harmony in all our interactions with each other. If it can be infused into our new institutions we have a shot at a new world.

In the Avalon/Camelot forums, where comfortability in our own knowledge is likely to be challenged, i say we should welcome it. It keeps everyone on their toes and open to self analysis. But if a line is drawn anywhere it should be drawn at filthy modes of expression.

Words carry energy. The words used for cursing and negative venting carry ugly vibrations which resonate with dark astral influences who attempt to magnify discord in potentially constructive groups. These cursings and astral attacks can cripple a forum if they're not self-moderated by the self-discipline of members. If forum mods need to remind people of that sometimes, that's ok too. In the realm of ideas there are no sacred cows, so this approach - to welcome honest dissent but not the cursing - should keep the spirit of freedom intact

Some people who habitually swear and curse have perhaps not recognised their own vibration or that it's root springs from their own inner disturbance, so they see nothing wrong with the cussing. Maybe they'd get a better look at themselves if a basic standard was baked into Avalon .

Sometimes the context of 'earthy' language renders it inoffensive so context should guide us and the moderation should account for it.

A reasonable standard of language is a mode most likely to keep people interested and contributing to this place. If it gets too ugly or if dissent is frowned upon, people will bail out.