Simple Rules

I have said this before, but it would appear it needs to be stated again.

Anyone may post to this blog, provided they avoid personal attacks and foul language, and do not try to infuse illegitimacy, prejudice or hate.

And you may post anonymously, as a rule.

But if you are going to try and post something that involves unfounded allegations against a person, or attack a person's character, or you want to make any other comments that are designed to do harm, then you need to sign off on it. You may NOT shoot at folks from a dark alley, like some coward in a "B" western. If you try that, your post will not appear, but I will likely respond to it, anyway.

So, if you want a forum, play by the rules.

One individual continues trying to bait me, and makes unfounded allegations about HotKarz, me, and my wife. But he/she refuses to identify themself. The person keeps trying to post that we "trade votes", when we do not, and most people know we do not. And when I try to tell the person that the issue is BLOCK VOTING, they ignore that and again try to make personal attacks on us.

Do we sometimes vote for friends? Of course - many of our friends have primo vehicles. Do we vote for them BECAUSE they are friends? No. We only vote for vehicles that can legitimately be deemed the best in their class.

Do we ask others to vote for us? Never! On the contrary, as an example, we told several folks at Gorham that the electric car in Special Interest deserved to place 1st.

If someone asks us the number of our car, we will tell them. But we do not ask them to vote for us. Not one person can step forward and honestly say we have ever solicited their vote. Not one person!

Nor has anyone asked us to vote for them. They might point out things about their ride in the hope we will vote for them, but not one person has ever specifically solicited our vote.

And I have also said this before: the issue is not whether a person votes for a friend every now and again. The issue is BLOCK VOTING - swaying the results by pooling the votes of an entire club or organization in order to grab the trophies. That is the problem. So I would appreciate it if certain culprits would stop trying to deflect attention away from block voting by making stupid claims that HotKarz somehow trades a vote or two.

We don't. Period.

So, if you see me or my wife talking with friends, do not jump to the conclusion that votes are being traded - come on over, join the discussion, and see what we are really talking about. But you will NEVER find us trading votes, or soliciting votes. And most of you already know that, because we visit you, too. Have we ever asked you to vote for us? Of course not. 'Nuff said.

Meanwhile, one last time - if you want to post comments anonymously, that is fine. But if you intend to try and harm someone with your remarks, you need to identify yourself so your allegations can be checked, and rebutted if necessary. I have no respect for cowards who take shots at others by ambush.

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