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Argu­ment is encour­aged. Pas­sion­ate argu­ment is pas­sion­ately encour­aged. But play the ball, not the man — or get sent off.

This blog is a vehi­cle used by the owner to hone thoughts and posi­tions on issues — posts should be seen as works (or thoughts) in progress unless indi­cated. Don’t assume that the author will die in a ditch over issues they take a stance on — but in many cases this may be the case.

Polemic is pop­u­lar and the owner is a tabloid jour­nal­ist at heart. Be pre­pared for him to advo­cate a sole posi­tion as “the only way” to con­sider an issue. Rather than look­ing at issues in terms of pri­or­i­ties he’ll con­sider them in terms of binary absolutes. It’s his blog. Deal with it.

Com­ments free from defama­tion will never be deleted. Unless they are spam. Cen­sor­ship will only take place to pro­tect the rep­u­ta­tion of oth­ers — it’s pretty much open slather on the owner. If your com­ment is really good and insult­ing it may be taken as a testimonial.

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