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Unfortunately, some folks on the interwebs insist on wasting all our bandwidth with irrelevent, abusive or spammy comments. So, before you post it's worth me being up front and telling you that I will delete comments which I feel don't fit in with this simple set of principles. That probably won't happen cos you are a nice person, right? But its good to be open so we all know where we stand. </p> <p> You should read the section on comments in my <a href="/page/privacy">Privacy Statement</a> if you have concerns about how the information you provide is used, the main one is that I forward your IP address to akismet and botscout to check that you aren't a spambot. </p> <h3>In detail</h3> <ul> <li><strong>Respectfulness</strong>. Be respectful of others when posting. Abuse, sexism, racism, discrimination based on physical or mental characteristics, disclosing private information and personal attacks will get you deleted.</li> <li><strong>Spam</strong>. 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