One of the most important objectives of this page is education. We are able, through Facebook, to reach many people who otherwise would not be exposed to the Free Market Foundation's ideas and the principles of free market economics. We welcome and encourage debate on the page, and hope for this to be a forum where ideas are shared in an atmosphere of respect and good faith, without the need for heavy handed moderation. The ideas and principles promoted by the FMF and our friends for more than 30 years in South Africa can certainly survive even the toughest scrutiny by anyone who is interested in debating them. Although we would like this forum to be as open and accessible as possible to anyone who has been interested enough to "Like" this page, the critical message we are trying to convey will quickly be lost if we allow behaviour and posts that are not made in good faith. For purposes of this page we define "good faith" debate as that which:
- Takes into account that the Free Market Foundation's page has been created to promote the benefits of free markets.
- At the very least shows that the poster has an interest in honestly debating the issues at hand.
- Is not simply attempting to deride free market ideas without any substantiation or logical argument.
- Shows that the poster / writer has actually read or viewed the article / video they are commenting on.
- Is not an ad-hominem attack.
- Does not use profanity. In the interests of those who are genuinely seeking information on liberty and economic freedom we will unfortunately have no option but to ban anyone from participating further who does not in our judgement conduct debate in good faith and is simply “trolling” this page.
