I am an economist currently working on environmental problems and the economics of addictions including substance abuse. I live in Melbourne with wife, 3 children and numerous native trees including a Wollemi pine.
Comments Policy: Are welcome although they must avoid personal attacks on anyone. Anonymous comments must bear a unique identifying pseudonym.
I hope that readers do feel free to comment but I take care with respect to comments which contain insulting and even conceivably defamatory language.
1. I will not tolerate personal, abusive language at all. I have a persistent problem with troll(s) and I am dealing with them. I will delete such comments ASAP and will permanently ban people posting such comments. I will not revise this view on the basis of claims of my own allegedly past bad behaviour. Life is too short to waste on such discussions. Critical comments are welcome – unless you have been banned – but rudeness to me or other participants in online discussion is something not catered for here.
2. If you wish to stage an ongoing complaint about someone else in the blogosphere then do it elsewhere – not here. It may take me 24 hours but with probability one I will delete your efforts and ban you permanently from my blog.
3. Avoid commenting simply to score points. It is better to try to present a reasoned argument.
4. All comments will be moderated although comment submission itself will be simplified because I have switched off the word-recognition requirement.
5. If you do wish to post under a pseudonym that is fine but you must use the same pseudonym every time you comment. You cannot post as ‘anonymous’ or change your identity with different posts. If I detect people trolling under different pseudonyms, perhaps with different IP addresses, I will ban the person permanently and inform other blogs.
I welcome discussion of aspects of this policy though my intolerance for rudeness is not something that can be usefully discussed.
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