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@@ -455,11 +455,9 @@ need to make the best decision for Carbon.
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It's fine that some people have a specific belief of which decision would be
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best; however, framing their contributions to the discussion as surfacing the
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information that underpins that belief will make the discussion more
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-constructive, welcoming, and effective. Overall, everyone should strive to
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-minimize their use of [rhetoric](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhetoric) or
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-other
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-[persuasive methods](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persuasion#List_of_methods)
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-to the extent they can.
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+constructive, welcoming, and effective. Overall, everyone should strive to focus
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+on data-based arguments to the extent they can, minimizing their use of appeals
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+to emotion or excessive rhetoric.
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None of this should preclude gathering information like polls of opinion among
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groups, or signaling agreement. Where community members stand and how many agree
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