I had to agree to this, so I ask that you do as well:

1. No hate mongering.
2. No racial mud-slinging.
3. No ethnic hatin'.
4. No gender hatin'.
5. Please try to refrain from personal attacks. Even if they have it comin', please don't post it for everyone to see. You may attack each other at will in the privacy of your own inboxes.
6. No funny business with code, Trojan horses, or viruses of any other kind.
7. No gender preference hatin'. To each his/her own. I don't care, and while I understand that you might, please consider someone else might too.
8. No religious hatin'. Have one? Great! Don't have one? Great!
9. No political hatin'. There's a lot to hate these days. We're here to talk about books and such. If you want to discuss political books, I absolve myself of responsibility. Please try to keep it civil.
Remember, we vote by secret ballot in this country. There's a reason.
10. No shameless self-promotion of either yourself or your book if you write or have written one.
11. TBA. I can't think of any other things to hate on right now, but I reserve the right to add something in the future.
12. Thou shalt not laugh at Will Ferrel, ever. Mitch Hedberg, yes. Old Steven Wright, yes. Ferrel? No. Thank you.

See? That wasn't too bad, now was it?