"We Agree": Rules of the Game

GUEST POST BY The CandyMan

I spent much of my free time this week in a bull session on Holy Hyrax's blog. We solved the Arab-Israeli conflict, finally.

All that arguing puts me in the mood for some fun. Why not play a game? Let's play "We Agree." It's a participatory game that will take place on the comments section of the next post.

Anyone can play. Here's how it works (please read the rules in their entirety before starting play):

(1) Each player is allowed to make up to three statements per comment. Each statement should start with "We agree..." and obey the following guidelines:

1. Statements should be made in a good faith effort to find common ground with all the other players. In other words, try to make your statements things that you think everyone else can agree upon. Remember that anyone can join the game at any time.
2. Only "We agree..." statements should be made in each comment on the game post. Any other questions or comments can and should be made here on this rules post.
   
3. If a player disagrees with a statement made by a previous poster, s/he is allowed to use one of his/her comments to rephrase it. The format for doing this is to quote the statement in question and then offer a restatement of that idea in a way you think everyone would agree with.
4. Comments that violate these rules will be deleted without a trace at the discretion of the moderator (me!).
   

(2) Once a player has posted a comment, s/he must wait until two other players have posted a comment before posting another comment.

(3) All comments will be strictly moderated and should be made in good faith.

Again, the game will start in the comments section on the next blog post. You could make generic statements, like "We agree that pizza is yummy," but the best players can use the game to win political or philosophical points. (You can think of it as practice for Wikipedia.)

Not interested? Then don't participate. You are welcome to contribute your thoughts, questions, and comments in the comments section of this rules post. However, please keep the comments section for the next post clear for the game.

(In addendum: We all agree that when you mention a blogger, you should link to his site. If you're interested in joining the convo about Arab-Israeli peace, there are two back-to-back posts on HH's blog. Here's a link to the second one. My responses are in the comments.)