Learning Some Manners

Down below, I posted a little poem from a reader. Most people were polite and made intelligent remarks about the poem. One reader logged on just to snark about it for no purpose other than to be nasty. I don’t need mindless nasty darts in my combox, so I deleted it. Now the reader writes, “What are you, a Mao Communist? What’s with the censorship?” thus demonstrating one of Shea’s Iron Laws: “The ruder and more adolescent you are, the more likely you are to complain about ‘censorship’ rather than ask ‘Am I being a jerk?'”

Ahem. From the left rail: Also, all entries in comments boxes are solely the responsibility of the person writing the comment. I take no responsibility for comments left on my blog, though I reserve the right to delete and/or ban commenters as I please. Conduct yourself as you would in my living room and you’ll generally be just fine.

Bottom line: I don’t owe you a forum. You are here as my guest and if you act like an adolescent jerk I will delete your stuff. If you continue to do so after you’ve been warned, I will ban you. Learn manners. Play nice. Don’t run with scissors.

That is all.