Comment Policy For This Blog

There has been a lot of comment spam on my site as of late and several people have broken my very lax rules about comment content. People are encouraged to leave comments. However, comments meant to simply offend others – or that are personal attacks – will either be deleted or the commenter banned from the site. We can disagree with each other and still be respectful. Over the course of the last 2+ years I’ve had to actually ban about a dozen people for breaking these rules (out of over 3,000 comments made) and don’t mind banning more in the future. To help facilitate better dialogue on this site I’ve changed the settings so that all comments have to be approved before they are posted. My apology if that means it takes awhile for your comment to appear. What I don’t want on this site – besides that annoying spam that comes in each day – are the hateful and spiteful remarks that so many seem to mistake for conversation. Thanks for your patience and understanding.