I am very lenient with my comment policy. I want engagement and connections on this site, so I don't limit folks – I don't make you register or sign up for anything to post a comment and comments are "do follow" so, if you have your own site, you get a valuable back link from my site to yours. This helps YOU get better results at Google, Yahoo, Bing, and Ask (and most other search engines).

In short, I want you to comment here because it's good for me and it's good for you.

HOWEVER, recently, there have been some folks commenting here who are very judgmental, derogatory, or just downright ugly and mean.

I have chosen to refrain – for the most part – from censuring the comments made here. As long as they don't end up as SPAM, I let them fly.

Recent activity has made me rethink this policy. Before I change anything, I'm going to ask you to really think about your motivations when you comment here.

• If your goal is to add to the discussion, then you're gold
• If your aim is to belittle others or make snide comments that would make your mother cringe, then you're out

I will not only trash your comments, but I will also mark them as SPAM. This has seriously negative effects on you. A word of warning: Once your IP and/or email address are marked as SPAM within Akismet, you're going to have a difficult time making an ass of yourself on other sites.

Consider my marking you as a SPAMMER a favor I'm doing you.

After all, one of these days, one of the folks you disparage or belittle may just kick your ass.

So cut the bullshit and make intelligent comments on MY blog. This isn't your site. You are a visitor here. If you shit on my sofa, I'm going to rub your face in it, make you clean it up, kick your ass out, and make you suffer.

Or, put another way -

If you don't have anything nice to say, keep your mouth shut, just like your Momma taught you.

Or somebody will shut it for you.

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