Today I took the unusual step of deleting a comment that was posted here in reaction to a post I’d put up that concerned the Parliamentary Press Gallery’s spat with Prime Minister over “the List.”
I took down this comment because I thought the commenter unfairly took some shots at various individuals.
Now I should point out that comments to items on this blog go up unmediated and unfiltered. I can take them down or delete them after the fact but I don’t ‘approve’ comments or otherwise take any action when it comes to the comments section here. I don’t necessarily agree or disagree with the opinions expressed in those comments.
That said: Because those comments appear at a blog with my name on it, comments ought to abide by the same general rules of civil discourse that I abide by — namely — you ought to be fair and accurate; avoid personal attacks; and generally stay on topic.
The post I deleted was neither fair nor accurate; personally attacked several individuals; and strayed a bit off-topic.
For now, posts will continue to go up unmediate and unfiltered (trackbacks have been verboten for a couple of months now because of problems with trackback spam) and I hope to keep it that way.
As always, if you’ve got a comment about this idea, feel free to let me know.