Fair Warning on Comments Lately

Borrowed from here.

I've been pretty busy the last few weeks, and am only now catching up on several of the comment threads.

This is a one time warning and comment.

We appear to have several new commentators on this forum who have foot-in-mouth disease. This is a professional forum, and I have expectations of professional conduct and respect for other members of this community. I love that Robert Farley and Bryan McGrath choose to make political arguments and provide political commentary on this site on issues related to the topics we frequently discuss, but when they do make such arguments and comments I fully expect all members of this community to conduct themselves professionally in disagreement. If you are unable to make a counter argument to any author or contributor in the comments without resorting to a personal attack or juvenile internet insult then you lack the professionalism and respect to be a member of this professional forum.

I will delete your comment and ban you if you are unable to control yourself.

So for all of you who let your politics bring out the very worst in you, go somewhere else to act like an internet troll. I like the professional disagreement on political issues related to topics discussed here, and I learn a lot from those professional disagreements. I learn nothing from the arguments that resort to personal attacks as part of an argument, and I assure you no one will miss disrespectful internet trolls when you are thrown off the site. Some of you appear to be one comment away from never commenting again. Be respectful, be quiet, or be silenced.

Carry on. Consider this the only warning.

And as always, if any member of this community has an issue they believe requires my attention, my email address is listed on the right. I may not reply to every email, but I do read all of them.