Comments Policy and Terms

Date: 11/30/2008

COMMENTS POLICY



We reserve the right to remove comments that:

1. make false statements about a person, business or institution
   
   
2. reference the personal health, sexual activity, religious beliefs or other private matters involving a story
   
   
3. are racist in nature
   
   
4. threaten a story commenter, suggest violence or consist primarily of name-calling
   
   
5. accuse someone of criminal activity
   
   
6. make crude statements about a child
   
   
7. include swearing or obscenity. This includes obscene screen names and the use of symbols - $@&%- to get around language filters

We will allow:

1. opinions some people will find offensive
   
   
2. conversation that is simply strident in tone
   
   
3. criticism of public officials
   
   
4. criticism of people who are subjects of stories