Here is the final comments policy. I will repost it periodically for the benefit of new arrivals to this blog.
- In the comment box that says ‘Name’, you must insert a person’s name only. The name can be a pseudonym but inserting the name of a product or company or service is grounds for deletion. So ‘Ann Jones’ or ‘Joe’ or ‘Genghis Khan’ is allowable, but ‘Acme Roofing Company’ or ‘Diet Coke’ or ‘essay writing services’ or ‘Joe the plumber’ is not.
- If a comment seems genuine but violates the above rule, I reserve the right to delete it entirely or simply replace the name with a made-up name of my own choosing.
- You can continue to insert a link to a company or product or commercial service site in the URL box and this will make the name in the name box into a hyperlink to that site. This will be the only means by which to advertise or drive traffic to a site or product.
- Any link inserted in the body of a comment is also grounds for deletion of the entire comment unless the link is pointing to information relevant to the post.
- Even if a comment meets all these criteria, I still reserve the right to delete it if I think its chief purpose is to advertise and not advance the discussion. So comments like ‘Great post!’ and ‘I would like to read more on this topic’ will get the boot.
- The comments will continue to be unmoderated, so almost all genuine comments on recent posts should continue to appear almost immediately, just as before. If your comment does not appear immediately or even after a few minutes, it means it has been flagged as potential spam because of the appearance of some words that trigger the filter (words which in isolation can be quite harmless but in combination with other words can cause the filter to sit up and take notice) and it will appear only after I have got around to checking in on the filtered comments board.
- If a comment contains language that might offend, I reserve the right to censor specific words using the common practice of replacing selected letters with hyphens.
I found your blog refreshing since I like to read the comments as well as the posts since the comments are what really make the blog happen. I agree that too many people are still finding ways to try and beat the system to get what they want.
I thank you for taking the -high road- and keeping your blog open to any comments. I agree with Doug in that I do not abuse the comment systems just for backlinks. I like reading to posts and writing a good comment based on my feelings on the subject.
While I wasn’t the biggest fan of the naked gun series, Airplane is definately a classic funny movie!
I was hoping for another Airplane movie with Will Ferrel. Airplane 3….The Legend of Duke Dodge. The opening scene would show Ferrel strutting through the airport, with big sunglasses on, chugging the worlds largest coffee. At some point Leslie Nielsen would do a cameo.
Rest in Peace Leslie Nielsen. As one of my friends said, “Shirley, you will be missed!”
Foot binding is really really painful as my grandmother said. She had her feet bound when she
was a very young girl, just like you mentioned. She
said the bandages were very smelly and she suffered so much pain that she cried and cried. Finally her mother could not take it anymore and unbound her feet. Still they were deformed by then even though she didn’t have the lily feet that Chinese society decreed that young ladies except for maids, should have. They were about 10 centimeters long and she had a difficult time keeping her balance when she walked in her own hand-sewn cloth shoes. My paternal grandmother, however, had very tiny feet and she could not walk fast but had to be assisted by her personal maid. Thank goodness we are no longer subject to this horrifying ordeal.
LOL @ the two previous comments that are obviously robot comments. I am sorely tempted to post “Great post! This blog template is fantastic and I must get one as a holiday gift!”
India deserved the win and Sachin deserved to be a part of a World Cup winning team. It was nice to see everyone in the team say they did it for Sachin. Gambhir played really well and could have scored a century but threw it away with a bad shot.
I personally believe Tiger Woods’ actions may have been caused by becoming addicted to porn , as was noticed in his sexual addiction rehabilitation therapy.
However I do agree with some comments made in regards to his right to privacy, I think in the “stone throwing” we have overlooked Tiger Woods’ right to privacy completely, instead of throwing the stones we should first attempt to look at what caused him to take the actions he took.
I am no way saying his claims of being addicted to sex are an excuse to “cheat” on his wife and his other sinful actions however sex addiction is a serious problem for many people. Understanding his addiction could be a better in understanding what drove Tiger to make the choices he did.
I am not sure why he lacked sincerity in his apology, many claim he is simply apologizing to his sponsors, I’m sure a man in his position would be realizing the outcome of his previous bad choices and feeling bad enough already.
Porn addiction and sexual addiction need to be recognized by society in the same way we recognize the detremental outcomes of each. Fore more free information on these two topics mentioned within this article please feel free to visit http://www.imaddictedtoporn.com.
Kind Regards,
Robert Saunders.
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I recently had peritonitis from a colon that burst with no warning. Two weeks in the ICU, told I had a few hours left to live before the emergency abdominal surgery, once the problem was located. Naturally I am very grateful to Allopathic Medicine. Some problems are not accessible to the placebo effect, especially in such emergency crisis situations.
I am also a hypnotherapist, who works with “intangible” factors. I have always told my clients, “If I had a broken leg, I would not go to a hypnotherapist, but after seeing a Doctor, I might see one for pain control and rapid healing.” I have in fact assisted in producing just that in persons who were treated by me prior to surgery. (Quote, “The Doctors were amazed at how quickly I healed.”)
The interrelationship between body, mind and spirit is in fact well documented if one chooses to research it. Leo Dossey M.D. in “Healing Words” says the results he got from prayer for his patients by a group that did not even know the names of his patients would have been headline news if it had been a medication. From the science aspect he compared a control group. Those prayed for were not informed of the fact in one experiment!
I could go on and on. I was brought up on science and materialism, in the middle of the last century, but my life and researches have taken me to a different set of beliefs. This includes personal experiences that were not explicable by any science I know of.
The placebo effect is definitely a product of belief, but so is much sickness. The belief may be in a faith or faith healer, which produces a confusion of mind matters and spiritual matters. The placebo effect, even when the belief is in some spiritual set, is probably mainly a mind/body relationship, and has been repeatedly well documented.
Whether spiritual dimensions outside the individual, or by extension all of us exist, is a man’s relationship to the cosmos issue. This is in my terminology an existential issue, i.e. regarding the nature of our human existence here, which has been thought about in both religion and philosophy since the dawn of recorded thought. It mainly falls outside the purview of Science, precisely because it is the invisible water within which the fish of Science swims.
David Boeme, who won the the Nobel Prize for his work in Quantum Physics reached the same conclusion as the ancient Buddists, “He who thinks he knows, knows not. He who knows he knows not, knows.” He stated that this, among other issues, was deliberately (unconsciously?) ignored by most Physicists. For those rooted in Science, it provides, at least it did for me and many I observe, a safe refuge, a place of order against the actual chaos and inexplicable unknowable, (by us) nature of our Universe.
From this perspective, Science itself has become a faith, a dogma, and a pretty limited one at that, though exceptionally useful in managing physical reality to our advantage, from whence this faith has arisen. The more fanatical believers exhibit the same hubris of all true believers, and often are unable to see beyond the end of their nose. Very unscientific!
Best, hypnohotshot.
We all deserve the best in Medical Care which could be a lot more affordable if everyone partook. Sadly many health individuals are in it all for the money and have lost the plot when it comes to quality medical care for all.
I could not help but notice the comment from Libby. Can you really imagine how much it takes to through medical school only to out and get paltry salary from the state?
I think this is what newly trained medical professionals seem like they got into the field only to make money.
However if the state paid them well, they would not have to bother about money and this would get them to focus on delivering better patient care.
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You seem to have some quite obvious advertising within a comment on the Idian Rope Trick Video.
I say we take back our healthcare from the government, for the people. It seems it’s never for the people who actually need health insurance. And when it is, at what cost? We are the ones who need it the most. Health care should be the right of every citizen, not the privileged few. I’m doing what I can to remain healthy with a fitness regime and healthy living and eating, but sometimes it’s not enough. Thank you.