Decisions as to whether User Content violates any Posting Rule will be made by the Marianas Variety in its sole discretion and after it has actual notice of such posting. When you provide User Content, you agree to the following Posting Rules:

• Comments must be relevant to the news story, opinion piece or article. Stick to the issues.

MV policy prohibits comments or user names that are:

• Defamatory, abusive, obscene, racist, or otherwise hateful
• Excessively foul and/or vulgar
• Inappropriately sexual
• Baseless personal attacks or otherwise threatening
• Containing illegal material, or material that infringes on the rights of others
• Commercial postings attempting to sell a product/item

We will not allow:

• Name-callings or users attacking/insulting each other on our website.
• Repeated messages related to another user and/or derogatory or offensive comments about another individual, or repeating prior posting of the same message under multiple threads or subjects.
• Violation or encouragement of the violation of any local, federal or international law, rule, regulation or ordinance.
• Uses or attempt to use another's Registration Account, password, service or system.
• Uploading or transmitting of viruses or other harmful, disruptive or destructive files, material or code.

If you violate any term of this policy, your comment will not be posted or will be removed and your account may be banned.