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DISCLAIMER: in my experience, the following doesn't apply to 99% of my readership. Unfortunately, experience also shows it has to be written down for the remaining 1%.

The short version, when it comes to my comments policy, goes down to a line taken from the (mediocre) second opus of the Matrix:

"I built this place. Down here, I make the rules."

Let's elaborate a bit:

  1. Try to stay on topic. If you have a beef against the cow-fart(1) induced climate change and this post is about monkey spanking(2), then it's not the place to draw your sword(3).
    I have nothing against a freewheeling conversation, but if it's off-topic AND stupid or offensive, then it will have a badly limited lifespan.
  2. Consider the two following statements…
    • I'm totally open-minded when it comes to rational ideas.
    • It is quite obvious that Anti-Americanism, anti-Semitism, Islamism, Nationalism, Racism, Collectivism(4) and Multiculturalism (non-exhaustive list) exist in complete contradiction with Reason.
    … And guess the total amount of tolerance you can expect from me if you indulge in any of these.
  3. If you shall persist in these ways nevertheless, understand that I'm not spending countless hours of work on this site to "reach out", "debate" with you, "understand" your "root causes" or "learn" about your religion. Unlike race, ideology is something we choose, and for which we must bear all responsibilities. I loathe your sick mindset and what you defend and promote. I've heard all your pitiful excuses for your despicable totalitarian psyche and your compulsion to coerce or enslave your fellow men and women in the name of some "greater good".
    So understand that this is not a public forum: it is my outpost in the culture war you wage against me, my kin, my rights and my freedom — thus, you will only be tolerated here, and only if I decide so. I call the shots and I owe you nothing. As a matter of fact, I don't like having you around, so the only argument you're truly entitled to hear from me would come, if you insist, amplified through the barrel of my Sig-Sauer high powered rifle(5) — because when it comes to intolerant scumbags, I'm an intolerant bastard.
    So keep your distances, and nobody gets hurt.
  4. I also have a very limited patience for social-democrats of all race and creed, center-of-center jellyfish and buttermonkey(6) hybrids, Blame-America-First (and always) Libertarians (usually of the Rothbardian school), Hollywood idiots & Festival-de-Cannes cretins and those Parisians who fancy themselves as an elite when they are nothing but the developed world's rednecks(7). However, I tend to ignore them, so they may consider themselves lucky if they manage to draw some sarcasm in colorful language from me.
  5. Yeah, and don't get me started on journalists and the Wonderful World of Mainstream Media...
  6. American and British soldiers (including the Commonwealth) stand on a special pedestal in my personal pantheon. Disrespect them here, and you'll quickly wish you'd rather stand naked in Mecca during Hajj, wearing only a sign that reads "Muhammad was a pedophile".
  7. I may moderate, remove or edit anything and give neither excuses nor explanations. It has nothing to do with "censorship": I am not a State, you are not a coerced citizen of said State and so you are always free to express yourself on your own facility and by your own means. Commenting is not a right, it is a privilege I grant or take away, according to my right as the owner of this place.
  8. My site is not awfully biased: it's shamelessly opinioned. If you're on my side, you get my vote and are free to rant 'n' roll. If not, live with it or go rot in the gutter.
  9. Oh and, if you're a vegan, be advised that I hunt, kill, cook(8) and eat all sorts of animals, and thoroughly enjoy the whole lot of it. Have fun with your carrots, Doc.
  1. Ha ha. Beef. Cow. Geddit?
  2. It's been known to happen.
  3. Neither is the guestbook by the way.
  4. That includes of course all its variations: Socialism, National-Socialist, Communism, Fascism, etc.
  5. With a loud 'Bang'
  6. Nope, don't know what species is that either, but it does sound like a particularly vile creature, doesn't it?
  7. Tell me London, New-York, Sydney or Tokyo, but Paris is a dump.
  8. Frequently in some sort of wine sauce or with loads of tears-pulling spices. Grapes and pepper count as veggie stuff right?

AVERTISSEMENT : selon mon expérience, ce qui suit ne s'applique pas à 99% de mes lecteurs. Malheureusement, l'expérience prouve aussi qu'il faut que cela soit écrit pour le pourcentage restant.

La version courte, concernant ma politique pour les commentaires, se résume à une ligne tirée du second (médiocre) volet de Matrix:

"J'ai construit cet endroit. Ici, je fais les lois."

Élaborons un brin :

  1. Il existe une subtile différence entre "être familier" et "traiter familièrement". Cela signifie que les culs-sales qui s'imaginent débarquer ici et me tutoyer comme si nous avions gardé les piquets de grève ensemble verront leur contribution à la conversation éradiquée sans autre forme de procès. Quelle que soit la pertinence de ladite contribution. Même si vous n'êtes Vraiment Pas Content® avec ce que j'écris, cela ne vous dispense pas de surveiller vos manières : tant que je n'ai pas été présenté à votre chère Maman, nous nous vouvoierons. Vu ?
  2. Évitez le hors-sujet. Si vous avez une rancune à l'égard de l'impact des pets de vache sur le changement climatique et que cet article traite de la fessée de macaque(1), alors ce n'est pas l'endroit d'où lancer votre croisade (2).
    Je n'ai rien contre une conversation à bâtons rompus, mais si c'est hors-sujet ET stupide ou insultant, ça aura une durée de vie salement limitée.
  3. Considérez les deux affirmations suivantes...
    • J'ai une ouverture d'esprit totale en ce qui concerne toutes idées rationnelles.
    • Il est évident qu' Anti-américanisme, anti-Sémitisme, Islamisme, Nationalisme, Racisme, Collectivisme(3) et Multiculturalisme (liste non-exhaustive) existent en complète contradiction avec la Raison.
    ... Et tâchez de devinez la dose totale de tolérance que vous pouvez attendre de moi si vous cédez à l'une de ces sirènes.
  4. Si vous deviez cependant persister dans ces voies, comprenez que je ne dépense pas un nombre incalculable d'heures de travail sur ce site pour vous "tendre la main", "débattre" avec vous, "comprendre" vos "causes profondes" ou "apprendre à connaitre" votre religion. Contrairement à la race, l'idéologie est le résultat de nos choix, et nous devons en supporter l'entière responsabilité. J'abhorre votre mentalité tarée, et ce que vous défendez et promouvez. J'ai entendu toutes vos pitoyables excuses pour votre détestable psyché de totalitaire et votre compulsion à forcer et réduire vos semblables en esclavage au nom d'un quelconque "intérêt général".
    Comprenez donc que ceci n'est pas un forum publique : c'est mon avant-poste dans la guerre culturelle que vous lancez contre moi, mes semblables, mes droits et ma liberté — vous ne serez que toléré ici, et seulement si je le décide. Je tire les ficelles, et ne vous doit rien. En fait je n'aime pas vous voir dans le coin, et en conséquence les seuls arguments de ma part auxquels vous puissiez réellement prétendre, si vous insistez, se transmettent par le canon de ma carabine de fort calibre Sig-Sauer(4) — Parce dès qu'ils s'agit d'ordures intolérantes, je suis un salaud d'intolérant.
    Alors gardez vos distances, et personne ne sera blessé.
  5. J'ai aussi un patience très limitée pour les sociaux-démocrates de toute confession et couleur, les centristes-du-centre fruits de l'union d'une méduse et d'un cul de singe, les Libertarés de l'École Rothbard conditionnés au "C'est la faute à l'Amérique, toujours et partout", Les Idiots d'Hollywood et les Crétins-de-Cannes, de même que ces parisiens qui se prennent pour une élite alors qu'ils ne sont que les bouseux du monde développé (5). J'ai cependant tendance à les ignorer, et ils peuvent donc s'estimer chanceux s'ils arrivent à me soutirer ne serait-ce qu'un sarcasme en langage fleuri.
  6. Ouais, et ne me lancez pas sur les journalistes et le Monde Merveilleux des Medias...
  7. Les soldats Américains et Britanniques (parmi lesquels j'inclue le Commonwealth) prennent place sur un piédestal particulier dans mon panthéon personnel. Manquez leur de respect ici, et vous souhaiterez rapidement vous trouver plutôt à la Mecque en période Hajj, tout nu avec seulement une pancarte autour du coup sur laquelle on puisse lire "Mahomet était un pédophile".
  8. Je peux modérer, supprimer ou éditer quoi que ce soit, sans fournir d'excuses ni d'explications. Cela n'a rien à voir avec de la “censure”, pour une raison très simple : je ne suis pas un État, vous n'êtes pas un citoyen opprimé dudit État et demeurez donc libre de vous exprimer sur votre propre support et par vos propres moyens. Commenter n'est pas un droit, c'est un privilège que j'accorde ou refuse selon mon droit de propriétaire des lieux.
  9. Mon site n'est pas affreusement partial, il est impudemment orienté. Si vous êtes de mon côté, vous avez mon aval et êtes libre de disserter à l'envi. Sinon, faites avec ou allez crever dans le caniveau.
  10. Oh, et si vous êtes végétarien, sachez que je chasse, tue, cuisine(6) et bouffe toutes sortes d'animaux, et que j'apprécie le tout sans aucune retenue. Soyez heureux avec vos carottes Docteur.
  1. C'est déjà arrivé.
  2. C'est aussi valable pour le Livre d'Or.
  3. Ce qui inclue aussi ses variantes : Socialisme, National-Socialisme, Communisme, Fascisme, etc.
  4. Avec un gros 'Bang'
  5. Londres, New-York, Sydney ou Tokyo, d'accord. Mais Paris, c'est un bled de cul-terreux.
  6. Généralement avec une sauce au vin, ou alors des poignées d'épices à t'arracher la tripaille. Le raisin et les piments, ça compte comme trucs de végétarien, non ?

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  1. As an additional layer of defense against comment spamming and surf-by shooting, I enacted a set of restrictions on how you can post a comment as a simple guest on my site (i.e. either when you're not registered as a member, or registered but not logged in), starting with pre-publishing comment approval. As approving comments will take a certain — and variable — amount of time, I invite you to check-in if you're serious about joigning the conversation in real time.
  2. Non-authenticated users are also limited to the following HTML tags:
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  4. Members also have an easier and more straightforward posting process. Some of the system defenses are lowered for them, and the details fields (name, etc.) are pre-filled with the information they entered in their profile.
  5. Members have a greater chance to enter the Kingdom of Heaven, while it will be assumed that, in addition to an opinion, strangers have stinky feet and greasy fingers. They may therefore be regarded with great condescension by regular members and the dissident frogman alike, and derided accordingly. So wash your feet, your hands, and register.
  6. A reminder: you decide what you write, no matter how brilliant or stupid it might be, and the fact that I let it go published doesn't mean I condone, agree or disagree with it—no matter if I answer it or not. Hey, you're supposed to be a responsible adult, right?

If you need further help with the site, you may want to check the Field Manual. Ultimately, you can also drop me a line. I usually don't answer jellyfish and buttermonkey(1) hybrids however.

  1. Nope, don't know what species is that either, but it does sound like a particularly vile creature, doesn't it?
  1. En défense contre le spam et les tirs isolés, j'ai établi un ensemble de restrictions sur l'ajout de commentaires par les simples visiteurs sur le site (i.e. soit lorsque vous n'êtes pas enregistré comme membre, soit lorsque vous l'êtes, mais n'avez pas ouvert une session), dont notamment la modération avant publication. L’approbation des commentaires prenant un temps certain et variable, je vous invite donc à vous inscrire, si vous envisagez sérieusement de participer à la conversation en temps réel.
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  3. Les membres ont accès à une plus large sélection d'outils et de balises, et ils peuvent choisir pour chaque 'conversation' à laquelle ils prennent part d'être informé par email des réponses.
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  5. Les membres ont une plus grande chance d'entrer au Royaume des Cieux, tandis que l'on considèrera que, en sus d'une opinion, les visiteurs venus d'ailleurs ont les doigts gras et les pieds sales. Ils pourront de ce fait être traité avec grande condescendance par les autres membres et le dissident frogman de même, et ridiculisés en conséquence. Alors lavez vos mains, vos pieds, et inscrivez-vous.
  6. Pour mémoire : vous décidez de ce que vous écrivez, aussi brillant ou stupide que cela soit, et le fait que j'en autorise la publication ne signifie pas que je l'approuve ou le désapprouve, et cela que j'y réponde ou non. Hé, vous êtes censé vous comporter en adulte responsable, s'pas ?

Si vous avez besoin de plus d'aide avec le site, jetez un œil au manuel d'instruction. Au pire, vous pouvez également m'envoyer un mot. J'ai cependant tendance à ne pas répondre aux fruits de l'union d'une méduse et d'un cul de singe.

Comments | Commentaires

2hotel9 | 6 months, 3 weeks ago
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United States
In: Western Pennsylvania
10/23 2007
11:28 AM

Not sure how I did it, I don’t get all that,,,stuff. Have to ask Wifey.

 

While we are discussing email, what is the best way to send you pics for gunporn posts? Always happy to share, and got that new boomstick to show off!
SisterToldjah | 6 months, 3 weeks ago
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10/23 2007
01:51 PM

DF wrote:


I’m making my way through it, and will answer any mail for which an answer might still be relevant, but in case you emailed me — and expected an answer — at some point in the past two months and are reading this, please don’t hesitate to resend(4). As a matter of fact, it might even help me to spot the good mail more easily.


*smiles bashfully, scuffs toe on sidewalk* Er, there should be, oh, one or two messages from ST somewhere in there, DF ;) If you get around to the one I sent yesterday, please just disregard it.  In fact, I hope the your spam filter ate it, as it sounds like a a crazy woman who has survived the last couple of days solely on a 12-pack of Jolt Cola (that’s not far off the mark, actually).   I’ll resend the one before that, just in case it did get caught in your spam filter.


Incidentally, I didn’t know you could mislead women with bigger shoes. I’ve heard about bigger cars, yes, but bigger shoes?


Heh - yeah, that’s about as likely to happen as women believing that bigger glasses are an indicator of a bigger brain ;) (*prepares self for inevitable blonde joke[s] which may follow this comment*) 


2hotel9 wrote:


While we are discussing email, what is the best way to send you pics for gunporn posts? Always happy to share, and got that new boomstick to show off! 


Hey 2! Did you get a chance to try out Newsgator yet?
NevadaDailySteve | 6 months, 3 weeks ago
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In: Nevada, Missouri
10/23 2007
04:53 PM

And the open comments question today is: are women really that interested in the size of men’s shoes?

I don’t know but I sure hope so. Size 13 EEEEE. As for whether there is a correlation between shoe size and winkie size; only my wife knows for sure.
floridasuzie | 6 months, 3 weeks ago
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In: Florida
10/23 2007
06:21 PM

Seems to me wearing shoes that are too big for ya would just make you look like a clown. OTOH, I always wondered what those clowns were doing all stuffed inside those tiny cars.
Proof | 6 months, 3 weeks ago
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10/23 2007
06:59 PM

"And the open comments question today is: are women really that interested in the size of men’s shoes?"

Size 14 myself, but, I don’t like to brag!
floridasuzie | 6 months, 3 weeks ago
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In: Florida
10/23 2007
07:29 PM

DF,

re: your email problem...just 2 months back? I checked the date for when I sent you an email and see that it was July 28th. Not sure if I should re-send or not?

Suzie
Grimmy | 6 months, 3 weeks ago
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In: Where I'm at.
10/24 2007
12:51 AM

You didn’t get my email?!?

Dude! I sent you a ground floor opportunity to wealth, fame and fortune! I have this contact in Nigeria that is having problems with his local banking establishment. He wants to send a million dollars to whom ever helps him raise the ten thousand bucks he needs to bribe the bank’s manager and have his funds transferred to those great organized crime facilitators in the Swiss banking network!

So, do you want in? I shouldn’t be saying this in public like this, because now everyone is gonna want a piece of the action! But if you still want in, send me $1,000.00US to secure your share.
the dissident frogman | 6 months, 3 weeks ago
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10/24 2007
08:01 AM
Comment 2890

2hotel9:


While we are discussing email, what is the best way to send you pics for gunporn posts? Always happy to share, and got that new boomstick to show off!


Email should work - and now that I’m aware of the situation, I will be even more vigilant. At least until the spammers up the ante again, forcing me to raise the shields higher again.


I know that one of the missing features around here is to give you the ability to upload and add pictures within your comments. This is in the talks between me (the blogger), myself (the admin & designer) and I (the bloke who must be convinced to put the shekels down on drive space.)


I’m running quite close to my server’s hard-drive quota at the moment, and while the service is globally fine, my current hosting provider is a bit on the expensive side when it comes to adding extras such as a few gigabytes of disk space. I don’t want to switch providers just yet, so I’m currently looking into other options—will probably get a low cost/high capacity hosting solution and hotlink the heavy stuff from here to there.


Then you shall have the means to show-off your new boomstick on these very pages (in the meantime, I’d sure like to have look. Email will do just fine, thanks)


Sis’:


In fact, I hope the your spam filter ate it, as it sounds like a crazy woman who has survived the last couple of days solely on a 12-pack of Jolt Cola (that’s not far off the mark, actually)


You know, even in my wildest dreams, I never hoped I would someday be at the receiving end of a crazy woman’s attention. That blogging thing is so rewarding.


Now I so hope my spam filters didn’t eat this one…


Suzie:


Seems to me wearing shoes that are too big for ya would just make you look like a clown.


Right on. But then, maybe that’s the idea. You know, as the dating advice goes: “make them laugh”.


Found that in another spam mail actually, one that begins with ”if a dame shows you her teeth, she will be willing to show you something else.”

I hope the dames in the audience will want to weight on this one, as this might explain the clown thing.


On a more serious note Suzie:


I checked the date for when I sent you an email and see that it was July 28th. Not sure if I should re-send or not?


July? Ouch. If you’re certain I have not answered that, then please do resend.


Grimmy: A million dollars in exchange for just 10,000? Man, count me in!


Imagine all the Mr. Winkie Enlargement Patches one can buy with that…
2hotel9 | 6 months, 3 weeks ago
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In: Western Pennsylvania
10/24 2007
08:09 AM

Cool! I’ll get some pics today. I sent a couple back in July and they were returned, that was when we were having email server problems, just before we switched to Embarqmail. Earthlink appears to be circling the toilet bowl.
bonmotdot | 6 months, 3 weeks ago
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10/24 2007
01:06 PM

And the open comments question today is: are women really that interested in the size of men’s shoes?

Well, I was going to post a clown joke, but I guess that’s what happens when you’re late to the party.  Everyone else got to the joke first.  My short answer:  No.  Unless he keeps his brains in his shoes.

As for teeth, at least in these parts there’s a big difference between showing one’s teeth and baring one’s fangs.  A socially aware man can spot the difference.  If she’s stroking her hair and smoothing it behind her ear, you’re probably doing well... 

But as you’re a Frenchman, you already know that.  ;-)

 

 

 

 

 
SisterToldjah | 6 months, 3 weeks ago
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10/24 2007
04:05 PM

DF wrote:


You know, even in my wildest dreams, I never hoped I would someday be at the receiving end of a crazy woman’s attention. That blogging thing is so rewarding.

Now I so hope my spam filters didn’t eat this one…


LOL ... well, I was writing it while undergoing a significant amount of work stress (which is not unusual for a Monday here at the 8-5), so just keep that in mind in case your spam filters didn’t eat it ;)  In all seriousness, though, it wasn’t that bad.


I did go ahead and re-send the email prior to that one yesterday, but about ten seconds after I did, I started  having email problems of my own as Earthlink webmail suddenly went offline for a little bit, so let me know if you didn’t get the one I sent yesterday, and I shall try again :)
infinity | 6 months, 3 weeks ago
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10/26 2007
02:46 PM

Yeah, I get those all the time when i have to check through the spam account at work to check for wrong positives..1 was talking about being embarrassed at the urinals.. Um, maybe it’s different elsewhere, but in the US you don’t go looking at other guy’s equipment at the urinals.. unless you are in a gay bar maybe, and I don’t really wanna go there LOL>.
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