Soccer Mom: Unplugged

raves, rants, reviews and recounts of life in middle America

2006/9/18

Comment Commandments revisited

@ 06:58 PM (22 months, 14 days ago)

The past few days have seen quite a bit of traffic and most of it consisted of needless combative exchanges.  I appreciate those who have tried to reason with the newest visitor to my virtual front porch but there comes a time when dialogue is useless and action is imperative.  As a result, I have had to exercise my censorship power and kick someone off the stoop.  While I could have allowed free speech to rule the day and permitted Albert to singlehandedly propel my blog to the top of the bloghi 'Featured blogs' list,  I am opting instead to enforce the comment commandments I issued months ago that have gone fervently unheeded.  This is my space not your bar room - pick another place to brawl.

A refresher:

Free Speech 101

While I do maintain a public blog and recognize the heated nature of debate, I ask that you respect this space as the PG rated zone I designed it to be. 

I reserve the right to delete comments (or ban commenters) that:

 - are inflammatory without addressing the issue of the blog

- are purely malicious in nature

- use profanity or other derogatory language

- otherwise make this blog inappropriate for my teenage nieces and nephews who may visit this site

Thanks for understanding that while both the U.S. government and I find some speech to be unprotected,  I do appreciate the humorous, the satirical and even the defiantly oppositional viewpoints of commenters.  Please post - I just ask that you use creativity to express yourself, not vulgarity.

Cate

Comment(s) »

  1. Aww... you mean I don't get to be lectured on the TRUE MEANING of the Book of James?? :grin:

    Can I pour you a beer, Cate? Or some other beverage (alcoholic or not) of your choice?

    Comment by Michael— 2006/09/18 @ 07:20 PM — (Reply)

  2. Pour me a beer? I'm buying you dinner!

    Comment by Cate— 2006/09/18 @ 07:30 PM — (Reply)

  3. Dinner?! Don't see where I earned a dinner, but if you let me pick out the wine, I'll let you pick out the entrees. :)

    Comment by Michael — 2006/09/18 @ 07:48 PM — (Reply)

  4. Michael you're a good guy. I for one appreciate what you said on behalf of Cate.

    Cate I think you would much prefer a baby sitter so that you and MR. Cate can go out. Call me, I've watched kids before.

    Comment by elmers brother— 2006/09/18 @ 08:33 PM — (Reply)

  5. LOL ;-) That'd be a mighty long drive for you, EB. No matter, my niece will be here tomorrow night for just that, anyway. Wahoo - the old people get to go out on a date!!!





    Comment by Cate— 2006/09/19 @ 08:37 AM — (Reply)

  6. I am trying to contact the Blogger for this site. Please email me when you can. Thanks.

    Comment by kat— 2006/09/19 @ 09:52 AM — (Reply)

  7. A foggie's night out! YES! Have a blast, you two!

    Comment by Brooke— 2006/09/19 @ 03:29 PM — (Reply)

  8. Anybody hear that sucking sound??? That would be the sound of my evening plans going down the drain :sad:

    My babysitter just called to cancel.

    Comment by Cate— 2006/09/20 @ 12:28 PM — (Reply)

  9. I\'m available now, send me the ticket

    Comment by elmers brother— 2006/09/20 @ 05:39 PM — (Reply)

  10. too late, eb - my wonderful husband came home and took the whole family out. Y'know, watching a loving father in action is just as romantic as candlelight. (daydreamy sigh....)

    Comment by Cate— 2006/09/21 @ 06:08 AM — (Reply)

  11. Your patience was remarkable. No way I could come close to duplicating it.

    Comment by Barry G.— 2006/09/19 @ 07:10 PM — (Reply)

  12. I'd reached my limit when he started arguing over typos and grammatical errors... how exactly did that relate to the topic of the post??

    Somebody needs to add the 50 cent word GERMAINE to their vocabulary list :roll:

    Comment by Cate— 2006/09/19 @ 07:26 PM — (Reply)

  13. Good thing he's banned or he would argue to true meaning of THAT word. How the heck did you get sucked into his blog?

    Comment by Barry G.— 2006/09/19 @ 07:27 PM — (Reply)

  14. One comment in my defense :lol: I couldn't help myself... but I won't be back.

    Comment by Cate— 2006/09/19 @ 07:32 PM — (Reply)

  15. Just when Ms. Millard mellowed out, that joker showed up. Is that karma or what?

    Comment by Barry G.— 2006/09/19 @ 07:34 PM — (Reply)

  16. Every village needs one...

    Comment by Cate— 2006/09/19 @ 07:37 PM — (Reply)

  17. Maybe but jocko is ALREADY here.

    Comment by Barry G.— 2006/09/19 @ 07:38 PM — (Reply)

  18. He's no idiot. He's a man on a mission. Not a mission I can appreciate but a mission nonetheless.

    Comment by Cate— 2006/09/19 @ 07:42 PM — (Reply)

  19. So if I say "I'm trying to contact the owner of this Blog" will I get an email from you too, Cate???

    *ducks and runs for cover*

    Comment by Michael— 2006/09/19 @ 08:06 PM — (Reply)

  20. Actually, Michael (Cate strokes her chin ominously) I'm already reading your email... Dubya and I are tight like that. He just lets me sift through the FBI files ;-)

    Comment by Cate— 2006/09/19 @ 08:12 PM — (Reply)



  21. Not a mission I can appreciate but a mission nonetheless.


    I could make a very crude remark about his position but I will refrain.



    Comment by elmers brother— 2006/09/19 @ 08:31 PM — (Reply)

  22. I appreciate you restraint, EB.

    Comment by Cate— 2006/09/19 @ 08:32 PM — (Reply)

  23. Like senor banned, jocko ACTS erudite, but has limited original thought and diarrhea of the keyboarding and cut and pasting fingers. Both are mean spirited. Their blogs are not worth the time to even skim. I\'d rather clean my pool.

    Comment by Barry G.— 2006/09/20 @ 07:48 PM — (Reply)

  24. Well, Cate, you've got to draw the line somewhere!

    If you're anywhere near me, and need a sitter, bring the urchins on over!

    Comment by Brooke— 2006/09/22 @ 10:40 AM — (Reply)

  25. Next time I'm in your region, we'll have a playdate. :wink:

    Comment by Cate— 2006/09/22 @ 04:58 PM — (Reply)

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