Back in the Pre-Squeak Age, most people who wrote or said things were really proud–and not ashamed–of who they were. When you do comment, (a) use your real name, (b) have something authentic and thought-out to say, and (c) resist the increasing trend of the Net to gush so happily–and proudly–about Going Through Life as a Turd.
This is really not a PC New Age lawyer these-words-have-been-touched-by-God blog that lazy and poofy males born after, say, 1975, with inflated grades–and other “achievements” like perfect attendance records and nonstop breathing–generally want to read.
Why? It makes them uncomfortable. It doesn’t fit their “world view”. They need to read things that make them feel good about themselves for about another decade or so. And they may never “graduate”, or grow. We do wish them the best.
This blog? It’s not perfect. However, it’s about real values for literates with real aspirations: real people who want to have great lives, and do difficult work for real customers and clients, and do it well. So to comment and be published at this blog, you must tell us who you really are.
We fortunately have never received that many (together with our daily spam comment load of around 200). We’re very busy not blogging, and we don’t care if most people do comment. Really. We can’t even respond fully to most of better non-trash/signed ones we get.
Finally, but importantly, it would be nice when you comment if you had something to say and are not just one of the many people (including far too many lawyers) on the Net who is quite happy, frankly, going through life as a turd. You don’t have to be nice. You just have to use your real name–and not be too stupid, or too much of a turd.