FROM THE MODERATOR:
ALL POST CONTRIBUTORS PLEASE NOTE THE MODERATION RULES.
1. WE ENCOURAGE ALL POST-ERS TO COMMENT FREELY ON THIS WEBSITE BUT ALSO WITH RESPECT FOR FELLOW POST-ERS. AND IF YOU FIND IT HARD TO RESPECT YOUR FELLOW POST-ERS THEN AT LEAST DESIST FROM DIRECT ABUSE - WHICH WE WILL NOT TOLERATE. BUT SPELLING MISTAKES ARE OKAY.
2. ABUSIVE COMMENTS OR THOSE WHICH AND THOSE WHICH ARE DELIBERATELY DISRUPTIVE TO HTE PROCESS OF FREEDOM OF SPEECH WILL BE BLOCKED AND THE RELEVANT CONTRIBUTOR MODERATED OR BANNED.
3. TRUSTED POST CONTRIBUTORS - IE THOSE WITH A TRACK RECORD OF STICKING TO THE ISSUE AND REFRAINING FROM LAUNCHING PERSONAL ATTACKS - WILL HAVE THEIR COMMENTS AUTOMATICALLY POSTED ON THIS SITE.
4. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS MODERATOR FOLLOWS THE RULES OF THE POLITE SOCIETY, (HIBBING, MINNESOTA BRANCH) WHEN CARRYING OUT MODERATION OF THIS WEBSITE. WE ALSO EMPLOY A COMMENT ABUSE MONITOR TO STATISTICALLY RATE INDIVIDUAL POST-ERS. POST-ERS WHO FALL BELOW THE ARBITRARY RATINGS ON THE COMMENT ABUSE MONITOR WILL FACE PENALTIES OF BEING MODERATED, BLOCKED OR EVEN SUBJECT TO A LIFE BAN. HOWEVER, IN LINE WITH HER POLICY AS RECOMMENDED BY THE STORNOWAY HUMANE SOCIETY, WE ARE OPEN TO APOLOGIES. EXCEPT FROM FASCISTS. POST-ERS FALLING INTO THIS CATEGORY WILL BE SUBJECT TO A LIFE AND THE HEAREAFTER BAN.
5. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SUGGEST CHANGES OR ADDITIONS TO THESE RULES.
6. THIS WEBSITE WILL NOT GIVE A PLATFORM TO FASCISTS.
THANKS EVERYONE - AND HAPPY POSTING.
