"The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it." Orwell
"“The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.”
Plato
"The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant" Robespierre
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Moderation In All Things, Including Moderation
Housekeeping note: since the general tenor of comments seems to have improved of late, I'm reverting back to not moderating them. In part, this is because I let some good ones pile up last night: respectful interchange between some admired regulars.
So we're back to free-for-all, but with those annoying word verification thingies.
Nothing's perfect. Which is why I still have a retroactive delete button.
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That's nice to hear. :)
ReplyDeleteI loathe comment moderation..although you are good about getting to them.
It is really frustrating when the blog author delays in posting them.
I think it ruins the flow of comments and probably causes bloggers to not post comments as frequently.
And yet..unfortunately..there have been negative experiences.
Freedom, what a concept...
ReplyDeleteWhat if your beloved Darwin had to wait for some pointy headed editor to aprove that Origin of the Species crap???
Now if I can just get you to go along with that 2d Ammendment....
Frank
I wouldn't mind if you deleted my "volvo" comment - that's been bugging me ever since I hit send. : - )) Sometimes things are not as funny in print as in person.
ReplyDeleteI thought it was cute.
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