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It is not possible for us to monitor or read all of them. We do, however, have a general commenting policy and by posting a comment on Hoffmania.com, you acknowledge it and agree to follow it.

• All e-mail received by Hoffmania.com is considered intended for publication unless otherwise indicated in the initial message from the writer. Please don't send attachments unless approved.

• Email abuse (excessive volumes of, or threatening or intentionally abusive email) is subject to being submitted for suspension by the sender's service provider.

• Hoffmania.com reserves the right to edit all e-mail and posted comments for content, clarity, and length.

• Bandwidth is expensive. The comment space is reserved for comments that relate to the topic of the post . You may not reprint lengthy text from your own works or those of others, including news articles. You may link to them.

• Comments that are abusive, offensive, contain profane or racist material or violate the terms of service for this blog's host provider will be removed and the author(s) banned from future comments.  It is far easier for us to ban an offending commenter than to get reinstated by the software censors.

• All points of view are welcome on Hoffmania.com, with the following exception:

• Hoffmania.com will limit the commenter as "chatterer," loosely defined as one who both holds opposing views from those expressed by Hoffmania.com, and

      1) Posts numerous times a day with the intent of dominating, re-directing or hijacking the thread; or

      2) Posts numerous times a day and insults or calls other commenters names or repeatedly makes the same point with the effect of annoying other commenters.

• Name-calling, personal attacks, racist comments or use of profanity by any commenter, whether they are by persons who agree or disagree with the views expressed by Hoffmania.com will not be tolerated and will result in the deletion of the comment and the banning of the commenter's ISP address, without notice.

• Anonymous posters should identify themselves with the same moniker, so readers know their comments are coming from a single individual. If they don't, they are subject to a banning.

• Quotes from material appearing on Hoffmania.com with attribution are allowed. Reprints are allowed only by permission from Hoffmania.com. You may request permission by e-mail.

• Hoffmania.com is a personal site. It is not the Government. It is not public institution or a media organization. It is not a neutral site. It is intended to express and disseminate the writers' point of view. It reserves the right to limit comments to those that, in its view, comport with its stated comment policy. Comments that do not comply are subject to deletion and banning of the author's ISP.

Disclaimer:

• Reading and posting comments at Hoffmania.com constitutes acknowledgment of and agreement to the terms outlined in this comment policy. This comment policy may be revised in part or in full at any time.

• All comments must comport with applicable state and federal laws. Hoffmania.com has no obigation to monitor, edit, censor, or take responsibility for comments. It may or may not act upon a violation of its comment policy once a suspected violation has been brought to its attention. Therefore, commenters are solely responsible for the content of their comments and should ensure that that their comments are lawful and fall within the stated guidelines of both Hoffmania.com and its hosting company.

• Hoffmania.com will not be responsible for injury or liability to any reader or commenter resulting from its own communications or those of commenters, that may be offensive, misleading, inaccurate, illegal, or otherwise unsuitable in the view of the reader. Readers and commenters further agree to indemnify and hold harmless Hoffmania.com from claims resulting from the use of any material appearing on Hoffmania.com which damages the reader, commenter or any other party.

• Hoffmania.com is not responsible for and might disagree with material posted in the comments section. This is an opinion site. The material posted by Hoffmania.com or left in the comments section may or may not be accurate. We always encourage the reader to perform his or her own research and to submit corrections for consideration.

Read and Post at your own risk. Again - this is a personal site. We throw our own money (and that of our supporters) into it. We allow all points of view, but we also have a low threshold for attention-getters, repeat offenders, comment hogs and complainers of all stripes (except for the posted complaints of the owner of this site). If you or your comment get kicked, there will be no whining.

Finally, if any of this is a problem for you, and you want to truly exercise that freedom of speech, we suggest you start your own blog. You can get a free one at Blogger, WordPress or any one of hundreds out there - and you'll see firsthand what a nuisance this can be at times when YOU have to deal with the reasons for this long-winded policy page.

Thanks for understanding and cooperating.

(Big ol' thanks to Crooks and Liars for composing this disclaimer. So I stole it without permission. THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN, TOO.)