For readers that have been following my blog lately you can easily tell I’m taking a stand on the very important, very controversial issue of Mountaintop Removal. The articles I write are 70% education and 30% why can’t we stop it? I’m very open to comments from every side of the issue concerning every aspect of the issue. I’m not currently aware of every aspect but I encourage discussion from those that are. 99.9% of the time if I have something intelligent to add, I will. If not, I will let the conversation go on without me.
The other .1% is when I have to get involved to prevent comment bashing, so to speak. Comments for the sole purpose of putting someone down, revealing another commenter’s identity, or past or anything will simply not be tolerated. Those comments I will delete without hesitation. I’m sorry I have to do that because I’m all for free speech but at the same time I’m doing it because I’m all for free speech. Anybody can comment here and I don’t care who you are or what you had for supper yesterday or which side of the issue you are on. Just be grown up about it.
Anonymous posting -
I’ve talked about this in the past but for some new anonymous posters I want to clarify my position on anonymous posting.
If you have something constructive or at the very least civil to add to the conversation then I don’t care if your name is Bugs Bunny. If you post anonymously and attempt to harm a commenter verbally then I do want to know who you are. Thanks to some pretty decent blog statistic software and the internet - your not as anonymous as you think.
All that being said - I respect your right to be anonymous and don’t care if you are Bugs Bunny as long as you treat this blog and it’s visitors with a little respect.
btw - This post is to anybody considering posting anonymously concerning mountaintop removal. I don’t care if you do, just be civil about it.
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A stray thought -
Sometimes I wonder why it is that the majority, not all, but most that do post anonymous are from the opposing opinion. That makes Mountaintop Removal, Anonymously Controversial. It’s a big issue everybody is afraid to discuss openly. Well… not everybody.
