As you may well be aware, this blog has a “comments” facility that you can use.
This blog has been described as “passionate” (that’s definitely my favourite description), “intense”, “partisan”, and many other things besides, most of which are not repeatable on a family website.
If you feel the need to comment on any of the articles or just to engage in some good-natured social banter, then please fell free to do so. I welcome contributions to the blog and try to encourage as much interactivity as possible.
The only requirements are –
firstly – you keep it clean. It’s a family website after all. If you want to call someone a t0$$er, disguise it with a special character; if you want to cast doubts as to whether a person’s parents were married to each other at the time of his birth, use a cunning phrase; if you want to call someone a tw*t use an asterisk and if you want to call someone a cnut or a newark, use an anagram.
secondly – log in with a user-name (you’ll be prompted for this when you go to upload your comments and if you don’t have one it will take just seconds to acquire one). Be proud of what you have to say and always remember that anonimity is the cloak of scoundrels.
thirdly – and most importantly – this blog is read by people of all races, religions, creeds, colours and sexual orientations. One lurker even told me that he was a pigeon fancier – not the kind of thing I would own up to but there you are. If you have strong and partisan opinions on this subject just remember that by posting them you might be causing offence to many of the people (we get over 1000 hits per week) who simply lurk on this blog. I’m sure you don’t really need me to remind you about “appropriate” social conventions. If you won’t say something to someone’s face, don’t say it on here.
Finally, and even more importantly, if you have been offended by any of the comments posted by any of the contributors, don’t seethe in silence, use the comments facility to bring the poster to account and as long as the three points above are adhered to, we can have a good healthy debate. A mass debate, even.
