Look. I prefer. as you know, NOT to censor comments.
But I also cannot allow the blog to be hijacked and turned into an attack machine.
Someone has a beef with Greg and Carol. Well, ok, lotsa people do... it's the nature of politics. I have my own, which I will elaborate on later.
But this blog is not about the personal attack machine, despite what some people think.
It is based on the notion that, at heart, we all share some common values - and that once the blinders came off, people - off all stripes, parties and affiliations would recognize that there are certain things they care about when it comes to law enforcement.
Like Victim's Rights. Like CAST. Like SART. Programs that were put in place to ease the pain and stress of victims, to help them negotiate the horrific rigors of the legal system, and to help ensure that investigations are properly conducted - that evidence is well and fairly gathered, that innocent people do not go to trial, that CHILDREN, above all, are shielded, to the extent possible from pain, while they are helped to find the justice they seek.
Those things matter - and I have been horrified to see my friends, for whom they once mattered, turn their heads and avert their eyes, because to them, the politics of hating Palco, and hating Corporations somehow replaced their goodness and decency.
I thought that, eventually, people would stop and say "THIS is not what we hired you for, Paul. We did not vote you in to destroy the office, run off our seasoned and respected prosecutors." And most especially, "WE do not condone using the office as a weapon for your backers and cronies."
I believed that people were good.
Long and short for now - disagree with Greg and Carol on issues - it's part of the discussion. But no personal attacks. I don't like censorship. Sometimes, however...
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