{"id":1145,"date":"2007-06-27T20:03:52","date_gmt":"2007-06-28T03:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2007\/06\/27\/commenting-policy-again\/"},"modified":"2007-06-27T20:04:45","modified_gmt":"2007-06-28T03:04:45","slug":"commenting-policy-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2007\/06\/27\/commenting-policy-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Commenting Policy, again"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sigh.<\/p>\n

Since it seems too difficult to either find the Commenting Policy<\/a>, to read it, or to follow it, I thought I’d post it again as a reminder. Hopefully, this can serve as a way to once again bring civil discussion back to this blog and bring back the traffic all the infighting keeps driving away.<\/p>\n

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    I would think, being as all of us are adults, that we could be self policing. I honestly don’t have the time or desire to start moderating every comment. I have my own children to deal with.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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