Can’t We All Just Get Along? Well, no, but….

I just wanted to check in with everyone from the Opinio Juris Central Command Bunker hidden deep in the hills of… well, it doesn’t really matter where we are. Peggy, Julian and I will start showing up a bit more as we are in the process of finishing up articles and/or traveling.

I wanted to post this general comment, though, on the discussions over the last week. While the discussions overall have been very interesting and informative (at least for me), I want to ask everyone to hold back on the personal attacks and swipes. Please attack the argument, not the person. Folks from all across the political spectrum began to slide down the slope to ad hominems at various points. Please don’t. We want Opinio Juris to be a place for reasoned and informed debate about ideas. (Which, on the whole, we think it is.) So, before you hit the button to post to the blog, just take a moment to ask if you are reacting to the argument or to the person.

Now, back to our regularly scheduled melee…