NMissCommentor

These are the commenting guidelines at present.  They are subject to change as we go along.  The first two bullet points really are the guiding principles here.

• All views are welcome. Obnoxiousness is not.
• I have no desire to police comments in any way, and will only act on the following guidelines to allow an friendly and welcoming community.
• Anyone with internet access is welcome to comment here, except that I retain and hold the right to decide in my sole discretion when posts violate these guidelines allowing me to take the steps outlined in these guidelines.
• This blog does not dispense legal advice, and the lawyers who post or comment here are not giving legal advice in any shape form or fashion.  If you are in need of legal advice, you need to seek out a lawyer and not a blog.
• Once you have made your point once or twice, don’t repeat it again.  It begins to sound like either bullying or a refusal to read what you are purporting to answer.
• I have a limited tolerance for name calling but am forgiving about people who lose their temper then calm down and go back to normal (whatever that may be).
• There is zero tolerance for threats of violence and stalking.  I will delete such posts and try to report them to the poster’s internet provider service.
• There is zero tolerance for racism and bigotry.  I will delete such posts.
• If a comment seems to me to clearly violates the above guidelines, I will in my sole discretion decide whether to take any of the following steps:  1) Warn the person who made the comment by email;  2) Warn the person who made the comments in comments;  3) Delete the post;  4) Cancel the commenting privileges of person who made the comment.    I am committed to providing offline warnings first except in the case of zero tolerance issues or where there have been prior warnings.