COMMENT GUIDELINES
Welcome to our comments section. We have put up guidelines to allow us manage the comments that you will be posting on our website that will add to an interesting, influential and intelligent discussion.
First of all, while we welcome as much interaction and vibrant discussion, we wish for this website to be a mature and thought-provoking environment, hence our decision to set up the guidelines.
1. All comments will now have to be approved by the editorial team before they appear on the website. This may take anything from one minute to 24 hours.
2. Stick to debating the issues and respect other people's views and beliefs. Comments launching personal attacks or that are hurtful and insulting will not be accepted.
3. Keep your comment as brief as possible.
4. A swearword in the right spot can work well, but gratuitous profanity won't do. If you have to swear, make sure it's justified.
5. Comments that contain racist, sexist or homophobic remarks—or that may be interpreted as such—wont be published.6. There is a difference between criticism and an unreasonable attack. Make sure your words represent fair comment.
7. A comment that is unrelated to the article or contribution in question and the comments that precede it—or that clearly doesn't contribute to the ongoing debate may be deleted by the editorial team.
8. The editorial team keeps a close watch on legal matters too: defamatory comments, for example, will be deleted.
9. Unacceptable comments will be deleted without notification.
10. If you feel that someone else has not taken these guidelines into account, please let us know at editor@times.co.sz. We will deal with such issues as soon as possible.
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