I love comments! I do not intentionally delete nor would I ever modify a comment. Feedback is a gift, and whether I like the gift or not, I’m going to thank you for it.
I am having a real problem with comment spam. Over 5000 as of this morning. Deleting 20 at a time is more than a pain in the ass– its torture. But some of the comments that appear in “the most recent” section of my sidebar are pretty vile, disgusting or plain ass embarassing. So, on occassion I do try and go in to delete (I spent 30 minutes this morning and barely made a dent). What’s worse, if I’m not very careful I delete a comment that is legitimate. Sorry, I nuked one of yours this morning Kevin. Nothing personal.
And what is really odd is I’m finding regular comments stuck in moderation. I have no idea why these get held and the sicko ones get through. I mean, if I had not checked this morning I wouldn’t have known about Jenn’s ragging on my diaper rash problem. Glad I found that one!
Then there was Jeff who took issue with Ranger Bill’s assessment from on the scene in the Iraq. I politely responded in the comments, and he wrote back to say I was ignorant. Which is ok, I’ve been called worse. But when that particular comment got caught in moderation and I didn’t see it in the sea of spam, he posted another comment accusing me of censorship and disparaging my genitals. Alas.
Anyway, I’m told if I upgrade to the latest version of WordPress I will have better commet spam control. Since I’m a techno-peasant I’m gonna have to pay my blog host for this service. But clearly I have to get some control on this spam. Bear with me for a few days until the fix is in.
Thanks for understanding.
John,
Your actual genitals were not disparaged. Your genital’s sources of pleasure were questioned.
Do you have issues about your genitals?
I only challenged Ranger Bill’s assumptions and your implied support of these same assumptions: merely claiming Ranger Bill’s idolatrous premise of worshipping Democracy and Freedom instead of Jesus Christ,leads to a deluded bloody conclusion.
Your current lack of response to my sexy challenge … comes across as a person who only affirms what pleases himself. Essentialy, a masturbatory approach to discourse over the internet where one can only respond to self-affirming stimulation, and thus remains unresponsive to the hetero-sexuality of dissenting ideas. I hope this spiritual orientation doesn’t carry over to real world contact with the opposite sex. My comment about your genitals, therefore, still holds concerning your lack of response to whatever doesn’t “jive” (fits) the size of your — now questioned — pleasure stick (worldview).
What is your response to my honest challenge?
“Truth is hate, to those who hate the truth.”
Well, you know Jeff the more you talk the less it calls for a response. Your words make the case for your ignorance far better than my feeble attempts might do. I don’t see this connection between religon and democracy. I worship freedom, and the only hate I hold is for those who would try to steal that from me. That is what the Islamofacists have pledged to do. So if Ranger Bill and the all the other brave soldiers are taking the fight to the terrorists in Iraq they have my total support. Better to kill them in the streets of Baghdad rather than New York. If you don’t grasp that, what can I possibly say to enlighten you?
John, I quote you: “Well, you know Jeff the more you talk the less it calls for a response. Your words make the case for your ignorance far better than my feeble attempts might do.”
Spoken like a true lightweight frightened by the discourse, that he prepares a pre-emptive dismissal — ready as an escape hatch.
I assume I am easily dismissed in your mind because, I quote you: ” I don’t see this connection between religon and democracy.”
Well, aint that special! George Washington saw the connection, but you don’t. Now you are implying George Washington was ignorant… just like me. Now I understand why you have started your own blog.
Please, John … just hear out your founding president before you dismiss him. Give him a little respect… before you trash the dead white guy. He did, after all, start this whole democratic experiment.
“George Washington referred to the United States as “a great experiment.†And in his farewell address he said, “Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports.†He further admonishes:“Is there no virtue among us? If there be not, we are in a wretched situation. No theoretical checks—no form of government can render us secure. To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without virtue in the people is a chimerical [an illusion or fabrication of the mind] idea.â€
And another ignorant man said this:“Democracies have always been spectacles of turbulence and contention and as short in their lives as they have been violent in their deaths.â€
– James Madison
Another ignorant dude, according to you said this:“Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom.â€
– Benjamin Franklin
“We have no government armed with powers capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice [greed], ambition, revenge or gallantry would break the strongest cords of our constitution as a whale goes through a net.â€
– John Adams
“Can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis? A conviction in the minds of the people, that these liberties are a gift of God? That they are not violated but with his wrath?â€
– Thomas Jefferson
John, I would like to hear your “enlightened” argument why these above men are ignorant in comparison to insights you have gained from your college education.
Please, Yes, I know according to you the more these men are quoted, the less they “deserve a response” to their ignorance, but just humor us a bit — tell us why you “don’t see this connection between religion and democracy.”
John, we are ready and waiting to grasp your insights, for a better world. Thank you.