These forums operate on the "honor" principle; they are open to all with very few restrictions on content, but they are moderated to some extent.

Participants on these forums are expected to treat each other with dignity and respect.  All participants have the right to engage in heated and even passionate debate.  Please remember that an attack on your opinion is NOT an attack on you, personally.  Try not to take everything said to heart and you will enjoy yourself more.

However, in order to maintain a proper level of discourse, the following kinds of postings are prohibited:

• Revealing users identities
• Using offensive language or posting offensive pictures
• Launching personal attacks against another participant (insults, racial slurs, trolling, flame wars, etc.)
• Posting blatantly false and/or misleading information (hypothetical situations are not covered by this restriction)
• Posting Spam or Advertising
• Posting unlawful statements (such as death threats)
• And the ever popular:  Posting something that really annoys the Moderator (Me)

Such postings will be deleted immediately.  Individuals who engage in such activity will be publicly warned.  Individuals who persist in such behavior will have their posting privileges temporarily or permanently revoked.

We wish to stress, however, especially for the younger folk and their parents, that you may find an occasional swear word on these boards.  We urge that if you are under 18 that you ask your parents to join you when you are viewing the boards, so they can explain why some of the debates are sometimes quite heated.  Perhaps they can learn some new things as well!

If you find a thread or post that you feel violates the above guidelines, then please post a message on that thread with "Moderator Alert" in the Subject Field and a description of the problem.

or simply do not read that post.

AND MOST IMPORTANTLY
PLEASE DON'T SHOOT THE MESSENGER!
I AM NOT PERSONALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR OTHER PEOPLES' OPINIONS