COMMENTS POLICY
I welcome your comments — supportive, critical or otherwise relating to postings on “mybalmofgilead.com.”
I also want to thank each one of you who takes the time to share ideas and give feedback. If you have something valuable and edifying to say, I want to hear from you! When giving or receiving feedback, it’s important we remember this powerful truth:
“You can’t let praise or criticism get to you. It’s a weakness to get caught up in either one.”
— John Wooden
My sincere desire is to foster a sense of community with my readers. The purpose of this comments policy is to ensure the experience of commenting promotes this sense of community in a respectful and acceptable manner for my readers, guest blog contributors, and me.
Here are seven simple ground rules for submitting comments.
By posting on this website, you agree to the following:
1. Anonymous comments will be deleted. I can only accept comments from individuals willing to identify themselves.
2. You may disagree with me, make rational arguments and provide constructive criticism. I welcome honest, on-topic debate. However, if you disagree with me, comments from other readers, or guest contributors, it is a reasonable expectation that you will do so with a respectful tone and in a manner befitting a caring and compassionate human being. There is a real human being behind each comment made, so please remember to keep your comments civil and constructive.
3. I reserve the right to edit and/or delete your comments without notice. Since the website is owned by me, I have the freedom of choosing whether to accept comments from readers. When I choose to accept comments, I do so in the spirit of learning from those who take the time to read my postings and who offer valuable feedback to both me and my readers.
Recognize that I will be forced to censor or delete your comments if your posts, in my sole discretion, are vulgar, contain personal attacks, or fall in one or more of the following categories:
- off-topic, libelous, defamatory, abusive, harassing, threatening, profane, pornographic, offensive, false, or misleading; or
- violate any law, including intellectual property laws; or “spam;” that is, an attempt to advertise, solicit, or otherwise promote goods and services. If this occurs repeatedly, the offending commenter will be blocked from further commenting ability on this website.
4. You own all your posted comments in their entirety. I do not own your comments; therefore, I disclaim any and all liability that may result from them. By commenting on this website, you agree that you retain all ownership rights in what you post and that you will relieve me from any and all liability that may result from those postings.
5. Within your comments on this website, you are allowed to post a link to your website and/or your most recent blog post. Please make sure the comments are relevant to the discussion and keep the number of links reasonable. Failure to do so may cause your comment to be marked as spam, edited to conform to this rule, or deleted.
6. You should assume any comment you post on this website is being done so publicly; therefore, you grant me a license to post your comments. This license is worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, and royalty-free. You grant me the right to store, use, transmit, display, publish, reproduce, and distribute your comments in any format, including, but not limited to, a blog, e-course, a book, a video, or presentation.
If I receive notice that a comment contains proprietary, copyrighted or plagiarized information, the comment in question will be deleted and the commenter blocked from making further comments on this website.
Additionally, privacy is taken very seriously. Please do not share private information on or within comments submitted to “mybalmofgilead.com,” any e-mail submitted relating to this website, or on social media forums relating to this website.
7. You recognize that this comment policy is subject to change without notice.
In complying with these basic comment policy rules, you are helping me to keep this website a safe and constructive place for healthy discussion. I appreciate your consideration and compliance.
If you have questions relating to this policy, contact me via e-mail or at:
Angie Arms McGill, LLC
P. O. Box 573
Kingston, TN 37763-0573