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Entry: [comment deleted] Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/comment_deleted#22359 Post contents: I read TakiMag nearly every day and occasionally post comments. I am curious as to what set this off. I have seen very few "offensive" comments. In fact, the comments here are almost always polite in the broad sense and literate. Perhaps I have a high tolerance. John Zmirak gets on my last nerve, unlike even the most odious Nazidroid. But, due to the comparatively high minded comments here, I don't don't post what I think about his essays. Anyway, PC is not limited to the "left." Once you start policing comments and those who send them, there's no stopping it. In the nearly 3 years I've been blogging I've only had to "censor" 2 commenters. One stole someone's identity, and the other is a couple with whom I've had in-person run-ins and have taken to stalking me. They have threatened to sue me and once even called the police saying I threatened to kill them (online!) because I disagree with them. The cops told them to take a high dive. Outside of some "clear and present danger" I really don't like the idea of policing comments, even by registration, which I don't think does much good. My local newspaper has a registration rule and we have someone known as "Timmy Ten Names" who never shuts up. I think TakiMag needs to trust it's readers, and if a nut comes through occasionally, so what! Sent at: 2008 11 23