Paulick blocks comments of anyone disputing position of his advertisers

[Ray Paulick]

Jon Cohen,

First, thank you for spelling my name right and for mentioning http://www.paulickreport.com. It's much appreciated.

Second, the Paulick Report welcomes all points of view, provided the writers remain civil (and that admittedly is a tough word to define). If we blocked comments by people criticizing advertisers, as you insist we do, why would we have permitted you to post upwards of 50 public comments, many of them repetitive insults at people, some of whom are advertisers and some of whom are not?

Take a look at a story on today's home page, written by former assistant trainer and current bloodstock agent Lincoln Collins ( http://www.paulickreport.com/news/ra...d-s-integrity/) , opposing the use of race-day medication. There are people commenting who are very critical of his position. Tonight, we will be posting a counterpoint to Mr. Collins, written by trainer Dale Romans, an advocate of race-day medication (primarily Lasix).

Third, we have more than 40 advertisers, and I can say with confidence that I don't know what position the vast majority of those people/businesses have on issues. If it's like anything else in this industry, it's 1000-1 they all take the same position on whether the sun rises in the east.

I'm afraid your final comment was akin to dancing on the grave of a dead horse to further your position. I found it to be uncivil, in poor taste, and, as someone in this thread stated, it's Paulick's site. I made a deisicion to block you, not because of your point of view, but because of the way you state it.