Because I'm Tired Of This Silly Crap...

Here's the deal.



People use their blogs for different things.



KJ talks about politics, and sex, and encourages discussion - fairly animated discussion - of both.



I talk about politics, and anything I find amusing, and encourage discussion - of anything.



Apey talks mostly about her family life, and mostly welcomes comments, but not arguments, about the same. It is, after all, her life, and since we're not in it, we don't get to disagree with how she lives it.



Syn pretty much rambles about WTF ever she thinks about, and talks smack to anyone who comments.



I'm not singling people out; I'm just using them as examples.



The point is, people have very different pages and use them for very different things. I can understand this, as, clearly, can the huge majority of users of this type of social networking site.



SOME PEOPLE CAN'T.



And I'm tired of it.



So here goes: A simple set of posting guidelines, since apparently they're necessary.



1. If you are stating an opinion, rather than an argument, say so. This seems obvious, but apparently it isn't, and if I get one more comment bitching about how I dared disagree with someone's comment ON MY OWN GODDAMN WEBPAGE, I am going to start deleting comments.



2. If you have an argument, feel free to post it. I'm certainly not infallible, and I welcome reasoned dissension.



3. IF YOU POST AN ARGUMENT, BE AWARE THAT ARGUMENTS GET ARGUED WITH. If you can't post without taking it personally if someone else - ESPECIALLY ME - disagrees with your thinking, just save that post and move on. Frankly, if you can't handle disagreement, then you're reading the wrong page.



4. If you get your feelings hurt by my totally unreasonable feeling that I should get the last word in on my own webpage, TOO FUCKING BAD. You'll notice that I at least attempt to comment on other people's 360 pages in the spirit in which they posted. Wendy was talking about a psychic the other day. I basically think all those people are full of crap. But on HER SITE I have the respect and decency to simply ask how it went, rather than posting a diatribe about fakery and con artists.



5. If you think this might apply to you, message me and ask me. I'll tell you, and even try to be diplomatic.



That's really pretty much it. I like logical discussion; if you want to state an opinion, please, feel free, but say so. Arguments get argued with, and that's a fact of life wherever you go.