Ground rules
My goodness! I woke this morning to find quite a number of comments on a couple of recent postings. And that's all well and good; I'm normally delighted when people come by to play. However, given the tone of some of the discussion, I find I need to reiterate the following:
- Profanity will not be tolerated. Though I will occasionally fall into vulgar language in my speech (under duress, I assure you!), I have no intention of using it here, nor do I care to read it.
- Name-calling and personal attacks are unacceptable. If you don't like something someone says here, then you may certainly express your disagreement with that statement or opinion; but you must keep the argument focused on the topic at hand, and not devolve into sniping.
- Civil and respectful discourse is required. Again, if you wish to disagree with something said here, that is your prerogative, and part of my expectation in having a blog open for public comment. However, I expect that all posts, comments and commenters will be treated with courtesy. Among other things, this means that sarcasm will be kept to a minimum and any venting will be suitably and responsibly controlled. We are all of us children of God, created in God's image and due the respect and dignity that implies.
- A link is better than "Copy and Paste." The former may provide useful information; the latter, however germane to the issue it may be, ends up feeling like spam. If you wish to share an online article or other information, I ask that you post the link, rather than the whole dissertation. Similarly, excessive length in a comment is unnecessary; if you have that much to say, post it on your own blog and provide the URL.
- The buck stops here. This is my playground; I get to decide what is acceptable. If for any reason I find that your posting crosses the bounds of appropriate discourse, I will remove it. And if you persist in posting comments that I feel the need to remove, I will block your access to this blog.
posted by Jane Ellen+ at
7:12 AM
6 Comments:
May the peace of Christ be with you today.
Acknowledged. However as you say, I should blog about it myself. (However, I think your bishop would like it a good deal less if I did so). But first need to pray.
As an unlikely occasional visitor to this blog I didn't interpret the entry about the blogger's friend, on a page including the news of the horrible treatment of Fr Hansen and his church, as an endorsement of what Bp Smith did.
I realise what kind of blog this is - technically open to the public but really a newsletter for family and friends, not really a place to spout off on controversial topics (unlike my blog, LOL!), always remembering that I'm only a guest here.
Visiting this blog helps me keep the right perspective: 'keep it real' if you will. On the Internet it's too easy to dehumanise one's theological opponents!
Having said all that, both news items - the treatment of the Connecticut Six and Ms Waggoner's institution in what used to be an Anglo-Catholic diocese - remind me that this is no longer the Anglicanism that introduced me to the Catholic faith nearly 30 years ago. :(
Peace.
Nice job articulating rules for civil discourse!
Feel free to trace my ISP address. St. Mary's hospital knows that I am as proudly Catholic as she is, and that I can double my salary by going to the competition 30 minutes away. (Which I wont do without provocation, as by doing so, I would the poor and Medicaid with no neurologist for 300 miles).
Nice suggestion, however. Subtle.
So. . .how about those blueberries?
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