I have deleted a few comments on a recent post because I do not like their tone (some sensible comments also went because they were comments on the ones I didn't like). I shall be doing more of this sort of thing in future.
This is an admirable policy. On my own blog, which is less gentlemanly than yours to begin with, I'm wrestling over a particular commenter whose remarks are sometimes sensible, sometimes merely rude -- and often a mixture of both. I haven't settled on a policy yet.
Fr H, in principle I agree with your approach. But may I request that in those circumstances you make clear that you have taken such action? Otherwise, given the occasional vagaries of the blog software, one may be left in doubt as to whether one's comments have been censored or merely lost somewhere in the ether. (Case in point: a few weeks ago a post of mine – politely and reasonably, as I thought and certainly intended, disagreeing with you – disappeared without trace after a couple of hours. I initially thought, with some disappointment, that you had succumbed to "Fr Z Syndrome" – automatically deleting anything you don't agree with – until a few days later I observed exactly the same thing happen to some comments by people who were in complete, nay fulsome, agreement with you; at which point I concluded that we were probably looking at a technical glitch in both cases. But for a while it left a nasty taste in the mouth – hence my request for clarity on the matter.)
was for nearly three decades at Lancing College; where he taught Latin and Greek language and literature, was Head of Theology, and Assistant Chaplain. He has served three curacies, been a Parish Priest, and Senior Research Fellow at Pusey House in Oxford. Since 2011, he has been in full communion with the See of S Peter. The opinions expressed on this Blog are not asserted as being those of the Magisterium of the Church, but as the writer's opinions as a private individual. Nevertheless, the writer strives, hopes, and prays that the views he expresses are conformable with and supportive of the Magisterium. In this blog, the letters PF stand for Pope Francis. On this blog, 'Argumentum ad hominem' refers solely to the Lockean definition, Pressing a man with the consequences of his own concessions'.
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Very sensible
This is an admirable policy. On my own blog, which is less gentlemanly than yours to begin with, I'm wrestling over a particular commenter whose remarks are sometimes sensible, sometimes merely rude -- and often a mixture of both. I haven't settled on a policy yet.
Fr H, in principle I agree with your approach. But may I request that in those circumstances you make clear that you have taken such action? Otherwise, given the occasional vagaries of the blog software, one may be left in doubt as to whether one's comments have been censored or merely lost somewhere in the ether. (Case in point: a few weeks ago a post of mine – politely and reasonably, as I thought and certainly intended, disagreeing with you – disappeared without trace after a couple of hours. I initially thought, with some disappointment, that you had succumbed to "Fr Z Syndrome" – automatically deleting anything you don't agree with – until a few days later I observed exactly the same thing happen to some comments by people who were in complete, nay fulsome, agreement with you; at which point I concluded that we were probably looking at a technical glitch in both cases. But for a while it left a nasty taste in the mouth – hence my request for clarity on the matter.)
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