Etiquette Statement

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  1. Thou shalt show each other respect. We don’t care if the other commenter is a moron. Thou wilt not call them a moron.
  2. You can however criticise a thought or idea or even their politics. As in “that is a moronic idea”. Criticise the idea, not the person.
  3. …unless it’s someone we all universally hate and revile. The Ruler of the Free World is one such being you can feel free to slam. Criticise the office or position, not the person.
  4. Don’t write anything that is defamatory or breaks copyright or is threatening. We hate lawyers as much as you do.
  5. Did we mention that personal attacks are prohibited? This specifically means any comment that is blatantly attacking another person on or off the blog, especially in a personal way.
  6. Trolling is prohibited.Trolling is whenever someone is clearly, deliberately posting in a manner for the purpose of angering and/or insulting the other participants of the this blog. Trolling DOES NOT encourage further discussion in the long run, it only encourages personal attacks (if left unchecked).
  7. We think you are getting the picture. Play nicely.
  8. Participant shall not post comments containing personal phone numbers or addresses. Certainly no inciting people to ring a telephone number to tell that person/company how awful they are - absolutely Not Allowed.
  9. No spurious advertising. Free the Content doesn’t mean Free the Spam. Yes this means you Mr Viagra and Ms Anonymous. Friends can post links to interesting products. That’s called information and the subject matter should be linked to the blog post. Nothing else allowed.
  10. No spam.
  11. We don’t get paid to write this blog. But we do write about our friends, and people we admire.
  12. Sponsorship is a wonderful thing. *hint hint*
  13. Posting details of bugs and exploits in such a way that others are able to perform said bug or exploit is prohibited. This includes software cracks.
  14. Posting of pornography, racist or otherwise discriminating remarks, threats to cause physical or mental harm, extreme offensive language, material that breaks any law or otherwise totally unacceptable posts or links to pages that contain the aforementioned material may result in us becoming extremely annoyed.
  15. Our word is final. This is not a democracy. If we delete a comment don’t keep coming back to repost. Feel free to start your own blog if you don’t like our moderation system.
  16. Our word is FINAL. Did I mention that? I did? Good.

If, on the off chance, you do disagree with this strongly enough or think something should be added, please contact the author (Laurel Papworth) or the site host (Stephen Collins). You had better be clear and concise though!

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