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Guest Thinkers — December 21, 2010

Editorial Notice

Gregory Johnsen

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For those new to Waq al-waq – and that is most of you – you should be aware that we will delete any comment that uses profanity, as I did earlier today in a comment from “D. Ghirlandaio“. This individual is welcome to re-post his or her comment without using profane language.

It is not the substance but rather the style of the criticism – I assume of the English-language article – that we objected to.

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