The rules
Five of them. They are the whole rulebook, and they are the same five shown before you enter.
- 01Criticise any religion, scripture or law as hard as you like.Nothing on that front is moderated. Attacking a doctrine, a practice, a judgment or a political position is the point of the place.
- 02Never abuse a person or a group.That is the one line. Vulgar and abusive language is blocked as you type it, and repeated attempts end your access.
- 03Every source you file carries your analysis.Every link here carries the filer's own reading of it.
- 04State the other side accurately.Arguing against a position nobody actually holds is the most common reason a request for more access is refused.
- 05Nobody's real identity, ever.Members are known by handle only. Posting someone's name, employer or location ends your access immediately.
The repository is for the civil-code argument and stays that way. Every entry carries a tag from that vocabulary, which is what keeps something filed today findable years from now.
The rooms are for whatever the members are actually discussing — no subject limit, no tag. The five rules apply there exactly as they do everywhere else, because none of them is about the civil code.
Anything unlawful in India — incitement to violence, material that promotes enmity between groups, obscenity, infringement — is removed, and content subject to a valid court order or government direction goes within 36 hours.
Any member can report anything they can see, and a moderator decides. Every removal, admission and layer change is logged with the name of the person who made it.
Everything filed here may be read and analysed by whoever runs this site, including for research and for writing about the argument itself. Nothing is ever published with your handle, your email or anything else that identifies you attached.
These five have stood since 12 September 2026 · v2
When one of them changes you will be shown all five again, once. You should not have to notice.
What has changed
- v2 · 12 September 2026
Cut from eleven numbered sections to these five. A rule only has effect at the moment someone is about to type, and nobody carries eleven clauses into that moment. The statutory list of prohibited content moved to a single line at the foot of this page rather than being a section of its own.
- v1 · 12 September 2026
The first set: eleven numbered sections covering conduct, sourcing, moderation and the statutory prohibitions.