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I grew a little bit older waiting for this crummy site to let me log in.

I suppose Davenport would require more than 30 pieces of silver were he forced to defend himself.

And since none of you are prepared to do so...

There is something Machiavellian about your logic.

Perhaps a career in politics is in your future.

Those of us who yet maintain our wits read you loud and clear.

Your decision, if not Davenport's, is that of a coward.

I'm not buying it either. More importantly, Davenport shouldn't even be published by the News & Record. It's an insult to the profession of journalism and denies basic ethics.

Racist comments on this site, there are many. But it doesn't help to encourage them by letting your very own racist publish all over your pages as a writer.

Comparted to the website of other newspapers, the website of the N&R is lame -

I have to say, I stopped even looking at Davenport's titles over a year ago. I would have expected that a more intelligent, thoughtful conservative voice could have been found by your staff long before now. Have you looked among the kids in the local high schools?

Of course you disagree with Davenport 995 of the time because he makes sense, and list the sources of his information when citing stats. That's why he confuses liberals. Putting a fact in fron of a liberal is like putting a cross in front of a vampire!

Oops, that was supposed to read 99%.

I agree with the tenor of the conversation above. The choleric and intemperate ravings of a few leftist malcontents shouldn't be allowed to impede civil discussion of Davenport's thoughtful and evenhanded columns. In point of fact, such discussion might well serve to disabuse some on the left of their more fanciful and erroneous notions.

"More and more readers were complaining about the meanness and outright racist sentiment in the letters comments."

What about the mean and racist comments written by your paid contributors and then published by your paper?

I totally agree with the idea of banning IP's of offending posters, giving warnings, that kind of thing. I know sometimes when I get provoked by a personal attack on this blog, my tone can get ugly, which is something I am not too proud of. You wrote earlier that you were going to start policing the tone and civility of the lte blogs, but so far, I haven't seen much evidence of it...

scharrison's idea of a shot across the bow of offensive commentators is surely the right way to handle them. It's analgous to a "yellow card" or "red card" in soccer. But the debate must go on - or else what's the point of the forum?
And the premature guillotine on debate (24hours) only serves to frustrate those who awake to find they have been muzzled, and cannot respond to late day comments. That will lead to disaffection on the part of all those who participate, and the forum will wither on the vine. Don't we want this thing to be vital and vibrant?

If you and your compatriots raise the level of discussion, we could always reconsider.
For now, we're sticking with our policy and will see how things go.

Okay compatriots, listen up: We need to meet somewhere and come up with a plan to get our act together. It needs to be someplace with padded floors and walls, like a Dojo maybe. And it needs to be real easy to find for those that are gifted, like right off Wendover or something. If anybody needs a ride, I think Doug Johnson has like 10 sedans and 2 station wagons, so he's the transportation guy.To make things run smoothly, we'll use Parliament procedures: If you hear George Clinton singing, that means shut the hell up for a minute. I'll get with Tony Wilkins and see if he will bring a big block of Velveeta and a box of zinfandel for you heathens that drink. And for safety's sake, I'm going to ask the N&R to not publish the location of this thing until well after it's over. Any questions that won't serve to lower the level of discourse?

:)