I surrender all

Several people have emailed me, alarmed that I disabled comments on the previous post. Ergo I have reconsidered and, to quote the cute pirate:

I've changed me mind.

No; I have not changed my mind about Linda Hyles. 

If anything I now realize I was remiss in handling Her Nibs -- and her ever-present entourage of tools court jesters -- with kid gloves. 

Here's another pirate quote -- different pirate but same basic principle:

I won't be making that mistake again.

So here's the deal. Comments are re-enabled on my open letter to Linda Hyles Murphrey.

And now for a commenter refresher course.

In addition to the old ground rules, which are ...

One: Stay on topic. 

Two: Do not cuss.

Three: Post no links.

... there are two new ones:

Four: Do not attack my family. Any of my family. Ever.

If you have something nice to say about my family, fire away. But do not insult my family on this website. Most of them are on Facebook and, after all, that's where the majority of the FBCH/HBHS/HAC ingrates/malcontents like to hang out all day anyway.

So if you have the courage, "friend" any one of my family members and direct your comments to them through that medium. They are all decent, Christ-honoring people who will likely answer you with nothing but grace, kindness, and aplomb.

In any event, leave me out of it because I do not fight my family members' battles any more than they fight mine.

News flash: My husband and I do not have Facebook accounts. We have never had Facebook accounts.

If you look up into the sky someday and see airborne swine dressed in Grecian togas, flitting from cloud to cloud, singing Daddy Let Your Hair Hang Down in eight-part harmony, you may have lived to see the day Greg and I have Facebook accounts. 

However, I doubt it.

But we do have email accounts. I can be reached through the link provided in the sidebar of this page. If you want Greg's email address, let me know and I'll provide that too.

This is my reasoning: If you are trashing and insulting me over here, at least for the time it takes you to do that, you are not trashing and insulting others elsewhere on the Internet.

So do your worst. Call me everything but a human being; I can take it.

But remember: In every accusation there is a confession. You reveal a lot about yourself by what you accuse others of having done.

That goes for me too; I know it too well.

This warning is for your benefit: Think before you post.

Five: Any anonymous or semi-anonymous comments -- even the complimentary ones -- will be deleted. If you won't own your words with your identity, skulk around the Web and drop them somewhere else.

You can always email me. I will answer; I promise. You may not like what I answer, but I will answer.

But again: If you fail to divulge your full identity, you will not hear from me even if you write to say you've bequeathed a million dollars to me in your will, and you're in ill health.

Also you must include a valid email address so that I may contact you privately if I wish. If you don't, even if you identify yourself, I will delete and ignore your comment.

And this should satisfy the hundreds of people who have swarmed this website for the past week: There will be a new post in a day or two.

The title is The Vice of Victimhood.

I hope you'll read, enjoy, comment, and learn.

To all those who have egged me on encouraged me via your kind and thoughtful emails, thank you.

Love, Jenny