...and I play by my rules on my turf.

I keep telling the Ladies Aid Society to identify so much as a single inappropriate post of mine on the Alzheimer’s message boards. They have thousands to choose from. But they’re still looking. So, what do they tell me next? That my “inappropriate” posts have already been deleted. They’re gone. Kaput. Well, the truth of the matter is that if a post was deleted, it was due almost entirely to the ladies themselves. By posting negative and vitriolic responses to what I had to say. Sometimes, by using foul language. And nasty name-calling. In clear violation of the rules of civility established by the Alzheimer administrators. Yes, the ladies had polluted otherwise decent and appropriate threads. That’s always been the ladies’ style. Their mode of operation. To drag a thread through the muck. Into the gutter. Hey, they’d do that here, too. And I’ve even allowed it to some degree. Just to show examples of what would happen if I gave them a freehand, complete freedom of speech. But when they start using innuendo and the language of guttersnipes –well, I tend to draw a line. You don’t do that on my blog. I set the rules. I enforce the rules. You play by my rules when you come here. Just as you must learn to play by the Alzheimer rules on the Alzheimer’s message boards. The ladies, of course, would like to set their own rules. No matter where they play. Anyway, ladies, when you learn the rules and play by ‘em, you won’t get deleted any more. Yes, it works just like magic. I know. I play by the rules of the Alzheimer’s Association when I’m on Alzheimer’s turf...and I play by my rules on my turf. –Jim Broede