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Iain Dale 2:19 PM
RULES ON COMMENTS
I welcome a healthy debate on this blog. It's what blogging is all about. Strongly worded comments are acceptable, but libellous ones are not. It is commonly thought that somehow bloggers operate outside the law of libel. This is an incorrect assumption. If I feel that any comment could be contrued as libellous I will not allow it through comment moderation.
Swearing is banned on this blog. If you use a swear word in your comment, again, it is liable to be deleted without explanation.
Anonymous posting is allowed, but if it is insulting to me or other people posting in the thread I reserve the right not to allow it through.
Please try to be as polite as possible. People seem to think that the internet can be used to say things to people which you wold never dream of saying to their face. Strong argument is welcomed, but please try to steer clear of personal insults where possible.
If any of these rules are continually transgressed I reserve the right to ban an individual from posting further comments.
In short, I reserve the right to delete any comment made on this blog with no explanation. This is a debating forum which I have created and if people do not like my rules they should feel free not to participate.
If you have suggestions for further rules of engagement, please feel free to leave them in the comments on this thread.
COMMENTERS ON A YELLOW CARD
None
RED CARDED
Tim Ireland (permanently)
Jailhouselawyer (John Hirst)
I welcome a healthy debate on this blog. It's what blogging is all about. Strongly worded comments are acceptable, but libellous ones are not. It is commonly thought that somehow bloggers operate outside the law of libel. This is an incorrect assumption. If I feel that any comment could be contrued as libellous I will not allow it through comment moderation.
Swearing is banned on this blog. If you use a swear word in your comment, again, it is liable to be deleted without explanation.
Anonymous posting is allowed, but if it is insulting to me or other people posting in the thread I reserve the right not to allow it through.
Please try to be as polite as possible. People seem to think that the internet can be used to say things to people which you wold never dream of saying to their face. Strong argument is welcomed, but please try to steer clear of personal insults where possible.
If any of these rules are continually transgressed I reserve the right to ban an individual from posting further comments.
In short, I reserve the right to delete any comment made on this blog with no explanation. This is a debating forum which I have created and if people do not like my rules they should feel free not to participate.
If you have suggestions for further rules of engagement, please feel free to leave them in the comments on this thread.
COMMENTERS ON A YELLOW CARD
None
RED CARDED
Tim Ireland (permanently)
Jailhouselawyer (John Hirst)
7 Comments:
I take it the new rule means you won't be telling me to "piss off" again if I have a gentle poke at you then?
Oh. Lovely.
Carl Eve (no blogger site, but didn't want to be an "anonymous")
Oh. you brutal gay queen!
(Just testing to see if you'll let this through!)
Dear Iain, please could you put me on a red card too? This is my first comment on your site, and I hope and expect that it will be my last. However it is just possible that at some point in the in future I will be tempted to leave another, and if so I expect that you will construe it as personally insulting to you. So I think it would be easier for both of us if you simply banned me now, thus removing any temptation for me, and potentially saving us both some trouble. Hope that you understand, - Larry
Have you awarded yourself a yellow card for using the word "piss" in your posting at http://iaindale.blogspot.com/2008/02/pre-planned-libdem-stunt-that-went.html ? :¬)
Bravo - I have had a problem with this myself. If you don't mind, I have stolen your "Red" and "Yellow" card idea.
Thanks!
Iain,
I'm not sure that undertaking to remove libelous comments is a wise idea. It means that you are taking responsibility for what commenters say.
So if somebody makes a comment that you don't think is libelous but subsequently turns out to be, the offended party can come after you too.
On the other hand, if you say, 'I take no responsibility for what commenters say, to police their thoughts or to fact check their observations but will nonetheless endeavour to keep comments within reasonable bounds of politeness and to remove things that I know to be libelous' you make yourself a much harder target for over-zealous libel lawyers.
"I'm not sure that undertaking to remove libelous comments is a wise idea. It means that you are taking responsibility for what commenters say."
the BBC do it on their message boards.
Admitedly only when it suits their political bias ... oops have I broken the rules there?
Anyway I hope it will not stop us laughing at the thought of Brown walking round Watford with an orange blob of makup on his forehead. That would be as funny as Harriet Harperson walking round her constituency with her skirt tucked into her knickers.
I kid you not my 'word verification' is 'ujeufucv'
Oh ... good blog by the way and agree with the sentiments
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