Real discussion is communication. People talk to other people.
   They agree, they disagree. When they have misunderstandings,
   they try to figure out ways to resolve the misunderstandings
   through negotiating towards a common understanding through a
   series of exchanges.

   This is about as real as a discussion gets.

   If there's a subset of a real discussion that you wish to
   partake in, one with certain sets of rules particular to that
   form of discourse, I can play. I just have to know the rules.
   I've played many games with my nephew through the years - he's
   10 years old now, and I've learned to let him define the rules
   *first*. Then I learn the rules of the game he wants to play,
   and then I can play them.

   I'm using the same thing here. I need your rules. Then I can
   play the game you want to play.