I am a lazy, self-absorbed animal. If I ever receive more mail than I can comfortably read, well I won't be reading it, will I?
I'll be posting mail I find enlightening and well written, no matter the subject or viewpoint. Sloppy spelling and grammar is illiteracy, not creativity. You know who you are, people who can't be bother to edit what you write, people who think that confusing messes are a sign of creative genius. If you've edited the complete text and find that an illiterate voice is necessary to making your point, maybe you are the next Mark Twain, so be it. But it better be an apparent choice, because I don't intend to foist any more lazy, woolly headed crap on my visitors than they already have to endure from me. The clear, concise and trenchant, the hallmarks of a well thought out comment, will more likely be chosen than the 10,000 word critique of pure reason. Aphorisms are advisable, tomes are taboo.
Remember this self-absorbed animal inevitably has its own hobby horses and prejudices. If you write to me many times and don't ever get posted, then maybe you need your own web site, or maybe a course in English Composition.
I reserve the right to publish the complete text, or any portion of a text, of any email I receive. I will credit the writer as signed.