The Limits of Free Speech ..... on The China Blog

Just a friendly reminder to please keep comment within the bounds of civility. That means no swearing, racism, threats or threatening language. Obviously, we like to keep the debate as wide open as possible but there are limits, most of them plain common sense. Invective isn't debate and insults don't make arguments. These are heated times for debate about China and people sometimes get carried away. In fact, this has been a relatively minor issue for us so far. We've only had to ban one commenter for trying to incite violence against one of our bloggers. That is totally unacceptable. Be aware that we will take action such as passing names and email addresses and other information to the authorities if anything similar happens.