The Masters Opinion Blog

An opinion blog is different from a website like Facebook. The opinions here are about politics and culture, not individual persons.

The danger of cyberbullying (shown here and here) is pretty low.

This blog should be able to have strong opinions without using language that is in bad taste (examples shown here and here).  It shouldn’t criticize religious and ethnic groups (the same examples discussed here and here).  It should be fair when making comments about various religious, ethnic and political groups (see here).

I am going to do this the right way and set up ground rules for making posts and comments. The guidelines for making posts and comments on The MOB are my own.

(1) Discussion about Masters School is not permitted. This blog is concerned about bigger issues than whether there should be a vending machine in Masters Hall.

(2) Discussion about individual students, faculty or anyone else who works at Masters is not permitted.

(3) Criticism of any groups of students, faculty or anyone else inside Masters is not permitted.

(4) Criticism of religious or ethnic groups will not be tolerated. However, criticism of political groups is permitted. This does not mean that commenting on religious or ethnic groups is banned, but simply criticisms. For example, we do not live in a color-blind society. Talk about race is necessary and banning it is unhealthy.

(5) There may be some situations that don’t fall within the four guidelines above. As editor of the MOB, I will review each post and decide, on a case by case basis, if anything written violates the rules of decency and fairness. For example, and this will probably never come up, I will not allow any discussion about individual students or teachers from another school.

Any posts or comments violating these rules will be immediately removed.

If readers have any complaints about posts or comments, I welcome their opinions and will consider taking action. I can be reached at TheMastersMob@gmail.com.