Here are the guidelines new registrants must agree to when becoming members of LBT as of 3/8/05, 9:32am PST:

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Forum Rules

Although the administrators and moderators of LapBandTalk.com - Lap Band Talk Forum will attempt to keep all objectionable messages off this forum, it is impossible for us to review all messages. All messages express the views of the author, and neither the owners of LapBandTalk.com - Lap Band Talk Forum will be held responsible for the content of any message.

By agreeing to these rules, you warrant that you will not post any messages that are hateful, threatening, or otherwise violative of any laws.

The owners of LapBandTalk.com - Lap Band Talk Forum reserve the right to remove, edit, move or close any thread for any reason.

Posting Guidelines

1. Don't report other people's experiences as truth. Share your own experiences, thoughts, opinions, theories at will.

2. Attack the idea, not the person. Basic online etiquette.

3. When posting, please show respect. We all deserve it.

4. Please take the really personal discussions to PM or e-mail.

5. Moderators will take a hands-off approach in general. The owners of LapBandTalk.com - Lap Band Talk Forum reserve the right to remove, edit, move or close any thread for any reason.

6. If you have a concern about a post, alert the moderators by using the Report Bad Post button. It's at the top of every post (the exclamation point in the triangle)

Thanks, Donali! This will also be posted as an announcement that will remain visible to members even after they've registered.

Sounds good to me -- civility without censorship. Well done.

Sorry, call me a bit thick, but where are the I Agree and Register buttons?

Sounds good to me!!! I am glad you said what the "!" meant. I believe I pressed it once to see what it would do, I hope I didn't alert a post that shouldn't have been. It would talk a lot for someone to upset me. I believe in the school of thought that if someone attacks you, it is their issue with themselves, not you personally.

Sorry, call me a bit thick, but where are the I Agree and Register buttons?

These rules are just copied from what appears on the registration screen that all new members have to complete when they join. This is just for your information, and those lines don't apply to current members. (In fact, I'll take them out to avoid further confusion.)