Here’s The Central Oregonian’s, wonder what percentage of our comments at KTVZ.COM would survive if we firmly enforced such a set of rules? (Heck, I’m guilty of ‘random thoughts’ myself now and then;-)
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Leave it to Barney 
I am able to comply with everything but; random thoughts and [No…. language]… either direct or obscurely spelled. I’d be in deep truble and no doubt banned.