Here’s a reminder of our terms of use for Kansas.com message and comment boards. As I’ve explained here in the past, we don’t routinely monitor user comments, but when an offending comment is flagged to our attention, we’ll remove it if it violates the terms of use. The most common reason comments are removed is if they are defamatory or abusive.
While that occasionally sets a comment poster into a rant about censorship, we want this web site to be about civil, constructive and meaningful conversation. No one has a given right to use this site to post comments that are offensive. The Web is wide open for you to create your own site if that’s the conversation you want to have.
If you’re a site user who is bugged by comments that you find off-topic or offensive, please don’t hesitate to flag them for review. We’ll be glad to do that to keep these pages open for civil communication.
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I’m comforted by your words. I am often embarrassed by the flagrant immaturity in the insulting accusations of some posters. They inhibit the respectability necessary for the free flow of ideas and thoughts that protect us.
Amen!
I used to read the comments frequently, but don’t anymore. It’s pretty much the same people hurling the same insults. Have you thought of also doing a moderated blog that would raise the level of intelligent dialogue? I have seen it done effectively elsewhere. You could still keep the unmoderated boards for those who find that amusing.