runkle had this to say:

I am not sure who “J-Maile” is, but threatening to censor his thoughts is below you (I don’t know you either!) and quite frankly, undemocratic.

That’s in response to my warning to J-Maile:

…Abusive crap is something all together different. J-Maile, I’m cutting you slack for today because it was a tough loss. Keep it up and I’ll simply ban you.

As my dad used to tell me when I was a teen, “who said this was a democracy?” Last I checked, anyone is free to do their own blog. I try to keep the comments open and free, but what can I say. I try to hold certain standards, and I really expect some level of civility.

Simply put, there is a line I feel between disagreements and screaming abuse. Especially crossing lines is the way he described Krauser. You can criticize the game, but I won’t put up with calling Pitt players a “f—ing piece of trash,” or a “cancer” based on the result of a game. Those are some very personal attacks, with no call or basis for that. All of that needed to be checked. This isn’t some call-in radio show. Emotions may have been raw, you may not like the player or his game, but that’s going too far.

J-Maile did raise some good points that I do hope to address when I have time.

While I’m ranting a bit, can everyone give a rest to this whole not a “real fan” line of BS? It’s like listening to bad discussions of what is a Christian, Jew, Muslim, etc. It’s a bad argument that doesn’t make a lot of sense to me.

Thank you.