Comment Policy

I don’t expect everyone to agree with me, and don’t much care how you express that. Although sometimes nothing gets the job done like a bit of profanity, I’m not keen on the really graphic stuff, and might delete or edit it. Respect your fellow commenters, please, and don’t direct racist, sexist or excessively crude remarks to them.  If you’re making an argument that something posted is inaccurate, substantiate your opinion with a link. If you get excited and wander from the subject, your material should be at least related to the subject. Introduction of material that is clearly spam will result in its deletion. By that I mean attempts to sell a product or promote religion, to use two examples I’ve seen that are extremely annoying. Disagreement with the moderator or other posters is not necessarily spam, situational contrasts used to draw a comparison are not necessarily spam and attempts to change the subject when you are unable to sustain your argument are not necessarily spam.

Note: Speaking of spam, a few comments thus far have gone straight into the spam filter, often those that include a lot of links. If your post doesn’t appear immediately (currently comments are not moderated), or if you get some cutesy warning like, “Oops! It looks as if you already said that!” when you try again, don’t despair. It’s probably in the filter, and I’ll see it eventually. When I do, if it’s not the most outrageously obvious spam, like that nutjob selling true religion jeans online, I’ll post it.

Another Note: So far, I have received two comments that were deleted from the filter. One was from a random jumble of letters and numbers. If you won’t tell me who you are, even if you’re using a pseudonym, it’s not happening; especially if the message is just a sales pitch. The other offered to sell me penis enlargement. Although The Penis made an impassioned argument in favour based on existing dimensions, he was overruled by The Brain and The Wife – who control The Wallet, and were not interested.