An open warning

[fpb]

To anyone who might feel like defending abominations such as baby-murder and the State murder of the old and sick: be reminded that this blog is my space. I decide what goes in and out; and while I allow all my friends to say what they think or feel, I will not, on principle, leave in any defence of what I regard as crime. If you want to defend crime, do it in your own space and don't bother me; all you will get otherwise is deletion and banning.

Comments

Re: *Boggles*

[fpb.livejournal.com]

Of course not. The person who did something was wholly unknown to me, and I have banned her from further posting to this LJ.

How do I say this? There are many subjects on which I feel strongly but am open to debate - if nothing else, for the purpose of confronting my arguments with those of opponents and so sharpening them. There are a couple of things, however, that revolt me to the core of my being. Partial-birth abortion is one, euthanasia is another. And I would point out that my LJ, including my friends page, is my own space. As a private citizen, I am under no obligation to give a forum to anyone who wants it. Consider, too, that my blog is so wholly insignificant that nobody can feel a need for their views to be heard on it. It is not like sending an angry reply to The Daily Kos or Little Green Footballs, which have readerships in the hundreds of thousands. My readers are I and a small circle of friends. And my hatred for these things is well known - not by you, who have only known me for a few weeks, but by most of my readers. It follows that if anyone feels the need to defend the slaughter of babies or old folks on my pages, they can only be doing to affect one person: me. And I see no reason to put up with it.

Re: *Boggles*

[redcoast.livejournal.com]

I agree; not necessarily about the politics, but with the principle of the thing. One thing I learned while modding my comms is that it's best to set rules, post them in a place where everybody can see them, and then be tough while enforcing them.

It doesn't matter how many times I would say "Don't feed the trolls," and "If there's a problem, don't respond in the comment, tell me about it," people still insisted on wanking in the comments. I learned the value of the "freeze comments" option, not to mention ban_set.