Comment traffic is up and it seems I need to clarify the rules for commenting on this blog.  After checking around a bit to see how others are handling it I have decided to use a modified set of rules I found on Austin Bay’s blog, which he originally copied from Donald Sensing’s site.

Comments policy

1. Commenting is provided as a courtesy only. I will review all comments after they are posted. I do not edit comments, I only delete those which are unacceptable. My criteria for approving or deleting generally correspond to the following guidelines but in the end are subjective.
2. Comments using selected profanity are automatically deleted - nobody will ever see them.
3. Comments advocating genocide or other horrific crimes will be deleted.
4. No personal attacks, name calling, or commercial commenting.
5. Links to your own blog site or relevant other web pages are fine.  No more than two per post please.
6. Please be brief and relevant to the post.
7. Please be polite even in disagreement with me or others.
8. I rarely answer comments, I just don’t have the time.