Disclaimer and Code of Conduct

Disclaimer:

The different points of view of the weblog postings are not supported nor do the necessarily reflect the views and beliefs of The Bosun Locker or any entity affiliated with the Bosun.  The Bosun Locker is not affiliated with any political party and all opinions expressed are those of the contributors and or commentors. 

“We, the bloggers of the World Wide Web, in order to facilitate the transfer of information online, ensure our voices are heard, provide accurate news and opinionated perspective in the face of an increasingly defunct and exempt media, and to poke fun at our culture’s inane obsession with liability, do abide by, adhere to and generally follow Herche’s Blog Disclaimer.”

ARTICLE I: TERMS OF ACCEPTANCE

By accessing this website, a web browser (user) is familiar with and accepts the following disclaimer.

ARTICLE 2: TERMS OF USE

Section 1

Clause 1: The views expressed by the contributor(s) on this site do not necessarily reflect the views of this site, the views of those who link to this site, the views of this site’s web host, template designer, or any other organization, service, logo, insignia or avatar in any way connected with this site.

Clause 2: The views expressed by a contributor(s) on this site may or may not be the views of the author.

Clause 3: Comments on this site are the sole responsibility of their writers and the accuracy and completeness of comment content is not guaranteed.

Clause 4: All trademarks, service marks, collective marks, design rights, personality rights, copyrights or registered names used or cited by this site are the property of their respective owners.

Section 2

Clause 1: This site does not offer legal, medical, physiatric, veterinary or any other kind of professional advice. Nothing on this site should be construed as professional advice.

Clause 2: The information provided herein is of a general nature and cannot substitute for the advice of a licensed professional. A competent authority with specialized knowledge is the only one who can apply it to the circumstances of your case.

Clause 3: Please contact the local bar association, law society, neighborhood association of jurists, medical board, county hospital, phone book, online directory, Google or local emergency number in your jurisdiction to obtain a referral to a competent professional if you do not have other means of contacting an attorney-at-law, lawyer, civil law notary, barrister, solicitor, medical professional, coroner or any other professional

ARTICLE 3: LINK POLICY

Clause 1: This site has no control over the information you access via outbound link(s) in the post text, sidebar, header, footer or comment sections.

Clause 2: This site does not endorse linked site(s), cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information found on said sites or the correctness of any analysis found therein and should not be held responsible for it or the consequences of a user’s use of that information.

Clause 3: This site may inadvertently link to content that is obscene, prurient, useless, hate speech or pornographic. This site in no way condones, endorses or takes responsibility for such content.

ARTICLE 4: PUBLICATION

Section 1

Clause 1: Publication of information found on this site may be in violation of the laws of the country or jurisdiction from where you are viewing this site’s content.

Clause 2: This site publishes content and is maintained in reference to the protections afforded it under local, state, provincial, international and federal law.

Clause 3: Laws in your jurisdiction may not protect or allow the same kinds of speech or distribution.

Clause 4: This site does not encourage, condone, facilitate or protect the violation of any laws and cannot be responsible for any violations of such laws.

Section 2

Clause 1: Because the World Wide Web is an integrated net of communication, this site encourages the distribution of its content. Cross, reciprocal or just plain friendly hyper linking is consistent with this information sharing and this disclaimer should not be construed as a condemnation of said practices.

Clause 2: Any reproduction of this site’s content must credit the site by name and Uniform Resource Locator (URL).

Clause 3: Should you link to this domain or use, reproduce, or republish the information contained herein, you alone are responsible for that action.

The above disclaimer was obtained through Herche’s Blog Disclaimer.

Fair use notice of copyrighted material

This site contains some copyrighted material that in some cases has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available in our efforts to advance the understanding of politics, human rights, the economy, democracy, and social justice issues related to news and current events and opinions of others. We believe this constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. For more information go to:

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If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond ‘fair use’, you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.

News, Views, Opinions, and Analysis from The Bosun Locker

Code of Conduct:

1. Open Discussion is encouraged and in that light, anyone may comment.
2. No Spam. If you want to link to one of your posts, send a trackback with a reciprocal link. Links in comments are allowed if they are relevant to the subject or the commenter’s point of view.
3. NO PORNOGRAPHY
4. This is a site that is generally visited by adults so adult language will be used. Vulgar words are inappropriate and I will delete any comment that contains vulgarity.
5. Have fun. All comments are welcome.
6. Please be considerate of other people’s points of view. Though we might not agree, we can do it with civility.

That is about it for the rules. I reserve the right to change them at any time without notice.