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- “@Michael,
Clearly I'm not advocating for municipalities to keep Chick-Fil-A out. And aside from a handful of drunk-on-power elected ...”
- “Use of such terms as "gay activists and their minions" and "non-compliance with someone else's PC wishes" show that ...”
- “@Sandra,
So the gay man hides his lifestyle to keep from getting fired, and somehow he's the one who ...”
- “Karl writes:
"Hypocrisy is still hypocrisy even when practiced by the 'holier than thou' progressives."
Same goes for the defenders ...”
- “@Sandra,
It was Mr. Cathy's comments (and actions) that started this entire debate. Clearly his side was told before ...”
- “@Jim Clayton,
There is a world of difference between "disagreeing with a liberal gay" and denying them the same rights ...”
- “Karl writes:
"Robert G. Ingersoll, a 19th century American orator, politician and noted agnostic, defined it as: 'Tolerance is giving ...”
- “@Jack,
Sorry you don't like Mr. Miller's column, but I respectfully disagree with your assessment that he's ...”
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I'd be happy to explain why you've seen a couple of columns from OtherWords.org in the ...”
- “@Jack,
Shame on the Missourian for not pointing any of this out? We did. Did you miss this gallery?
http ...”
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- “For those who missed my typo in the survey, that should be Newt Gingrich, not "News" Gingrich.
Unfortunately, once a ...”
- “Ellis,
I have independently verified Mr. Lightfoot's identity (LinkedIn and Facebook are wonderful for that), so I believe him ...”
- “Folks,
Let's see if we can't have these conversations without resorting to name-calling. I know there are a ...”
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Same for you. Let me know your last name and I'll gladly put your comments back. Our ...”
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Your comments are being removed because we require people posting here to do so under their real names ...”
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As you can probably already see, all of your comments have been restored. Happy posting, and thanks for ...”
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Your comments have been taken down because your email address that you used to register is not valid ...”
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The Missourian does not write a traditional staff editorial, and hasn't for many years. We're not endorsing ...”
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I have removed the comments from Jarrot Connor pending verification of his real name. Same with Radar Svenson.
Toward ...”
- “Paul, I'm starting to think that's your answer for everything. :)
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- “Hi everyone,
I'm getting a lot of flagged comment notifications on this thread, and you may notice a few ...”
- “Morgan Bearden,
I was able to find a list of past presidents on the UM System site:
http://www.umsystem ...”
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The above comment was filled with personal attacks, which is a violation of the comment policy. That's why ...”
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Gwendy and Michael -- Mr. Hamm was nice enough to get back to me rather quickly yesterday, and his ...”
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"Dale" registered his account with a non-working e-mail address, so he's been taken off the site. But ...”
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Jack Hamm's posts have been removed pending verification of his real name. An e-mail has been sent ...”
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You can win a Missourian mug and a copy of “The Glamour of Grammar: A Guide to the Magic ...”
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I have been following the comments over there. I'm excited that so many people over there have said ...”
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There's nothing more exciting for me than to see so many new names contributing to the conversation here ...”
- “It just came to my attention that the posts by Ray Shapiro dated Nov. 6-7 on this thread were not ...”
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I'm not sure if there are any vegetarians on this trip, but there was a vegetarian on a ...”
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If you're asking whether the column on conceal-carry permits by Corey Motley is at all related to this ...”
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Your post reminds me a story from my teaching days back at the University of Wyoming. This was back ...”
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- “John,
Apologies for leaving off the tagline of this letter -- Mr. Prentiss is a local citizen (I've added his ...”
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The point of my earlier post, which Rob Weir sums up nicely in an earlier response, was to ...”
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I've already taken down several comments from this string that violate the Missourian's comment policy, which ...”
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I agree with you that the language is obscene. We've removed the video from our site, but we ...”
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- “Mr. Ottinger:
Your suspicions were dead on. This just in:
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The comment was removed because the person posting was not using his/her real name, which is a requirement ...”
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Burton did say he wasn't sure ...”
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The idea that the dogs were caged or kenneled when SWAT executed the search warrant has yet to be ...”
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Per your inquiry about why your previous comments were removed, I e-mailed you this yesterday after ...”
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Two points of clarification:
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Where do you get the notion that the Missourian endorses Rep. Still's call to regulate the payday ...”
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You're correct. I've sent an e-mail to With Brains to explain that he/she needs to post ...”
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Thanks for your passionate comments on this string. While we want to give all sides a voice in this ...”
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- “Betsy,
I don't think Cleo is calling for any type of population control. I believe what the writer is ...”
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"Comments containing ...”
- “Brian Nitsllaw:
I have some major issues with some of your assertions regarding the edits on this story.
First, let ...”
- “@Brian Nitsllaw
The previous piece has been corrected and can be found here:
http://www.columbiamissourian.com/stories/2009/09 ...”
- “@Brian Nitsllaw,
I was the one who changed the derogatory term "teabaggers" to "tea protesters" after I discovered it had ...”
- “Mr. Sykuta,
I can't argue with that. My policy has always been that, if opinion pieces are put on ...”
- “When a person doesn't agree with another person's viewpoint, it's all too common to attack the person ...”
- “John Schultz,
I agree with you, "teabagger" doesn't belong in this column. My apologies for letting it slip through ...”
- “Just an FYI for clarity: The above comment was left before this article was corrected. Thanks to Ms. Shapton for ...”
- “Peter,
I'd be happy to do that. Could you contact the other members of your group and e-mail me ...”
- “Tim, et al,
I spent all afternoon last Thursday vetting Mr. Hinshaw's letter. This included numerous conversations with him ...”
- “@JohnDoe -- sorry, that policy description should have said three nonchanging characteristics. In your example, dark coat with a hood wouldn ...”
- “Mr. Collins,
This is our policy on identifying the race of suspects:
We will publish descriptions of criminal suspects as ...”
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- “Ray,
Actually, the original version of this story violates our policy on the identification of race in crime stories. Below ...”
- “I've removed a few comments from this thread that had delved into personal attacks.
A reminder about personal attacks ...”
- “Just to add to the conversation here:
The amendment made to the Missouri Constitution in 2004 shouldn't apply here ...”
- “Mr. Dresner,
I've e-mailed your comment to the copy desk so that the print version is corrected before it ...”
- “Art,
Is it hypocrisy, or is it one way to bring change and a free press to China? I guess ...”
- “Mike,
Unfortunately, I have no budget to pay columnists. Our younger columnists do it to gain exposure and for the ...”
- “Rick,
The e-mail I shared above is not the first one I've received. I've received several in the ...”
- “I'd like to share with the "regulars" on this thread an e-mail I received today:
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Do you all not ...”
- “In case you missed Chuck's letter:
http://www.columbiamissourian.com/stories/2009/02/25/letter-lots-questions-adopting-four-day-school-week/
He and I had ...”
- “@RinTinTin,
It is our policy to correct errors in online stories with an asterisk. The idea is that it more ...”
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The person who posted was in clear violation of our comment policy. If you'd like to know specifics ...”
- “The comment that Mr. Dudley references above has been removed for violating the Missourian's comment policy.
Jake Sherlock
Opinion ...”
- “Folks,
I think we can debate the merits of this topic and still be polite to each other. Let's ...”
- “Here's a question for the group: Regardless of who is right and who is wrong in this debate, what ...”
- “Before this conversation devolves any further into personal attacks, let me throw this question out there:
In the original statement ...”
- “Dave,
The Missourian is committed to community conversation. If you don't appreciate something another member of the community has ...”
- “Right now the plan is for Saturday and Monday to go away, although we'll still continue to staff ColumbiaMissourian ...”
- “Ray,
I e-mailed you last week with reasons why some of your posts have been deleted. I also just e-mailed ...”
- “Ray and Ayn,
The most common reason I remove comments are: 1) Personal attacks on each other; 2) profanities; 3 ...”
- “Troy,
I'd love to have you produce something for our change series that's coming up at the first ...”
- “Mark,
Actually, Rodney King is alive and currently appears on "Dr. Drew's Celebrity Rehab."
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment ...”
- “While listening to local radio host Tom Bradley, I heard him say that he believes the critics of the Taser ...”
- “Pastor Mitchell,
To answer your question from the first paragraph, it's not that we keep re-running this story every ...”
- “Vox Fox,
Thanks for your feedback, but I'm going to respectfully disagree with you. As long as we clearly ...”
- “OK folks, let's keep the name-calling and personal attacks out of it. We have a viable going here -- can ...”
- “Mike,
The headline should reflect the news of the day, which the original headline did (or at least the part ...”
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I was not involved in the posting of this particular story, so I can't say for certain what ...”
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We regularly put opinion pieces on the front page of the site; otherwise, columns never make the front page ...”
- “I think this point has been sufficiently argued, and since it's starting to devolve into personal affronts, I think ...”
- “@Ayn,
You wrote: "You need to understand the difference between bashing and constructive criticism. Perhaps you're a Missourian editor ...”
- “Charles,
Thanks a lot for your kind words about the Missourian. We always appreciate the compliments.
And Ayn, thank you ...”
- “Ismail and Ayn,
Our students who went to Beijing posted some wonderful stories on the "official" Missourian blog (http://mojobeijing ...”
- “Ayn, Charles,
Just for today, could we please put the feud on hold and let other citizens weigh in with ...”
- “Hi folks,
Really enjoying the discussion this letter has generated. Just wanted to clear up one unintentional misconception ...
The J ...”
- “Here's a comment from Mr. Bob Grossman, of Phoenix, Ariz., who had some problems attaching his comment to the ...”
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We do not allow comments that include personal attacks and profanity on our Web site. Posts that included both ...”
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- “Here's the thing (and forgive me for not explaining myself well the first time):
When we added a comment ...”
- “For both SS and Leroy,
The Missourian policy on comments states in part:
"All Columbia Missourian publications are committed to ...”
- “Mr. "Jenkems,"
The Missourian's policy on comments states:
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- “I'll respectfully disagree with you, Linda. We've had long conversations in our newsroom about equal time, separating spin ...”
- “Mr. Smith,
The final paragraph of this column was reprinted just as it was sent from Mr. Forsee's office ...”
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