Story removed from seMissourian.com website

A story submitted Wednesday afternoon was removed from this web site for violation of posting policies. Here is an excerpt from the semissourian.com user agreement that pertains to the posting:

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In consideration for being allowed to use the Community Forums, you agree that the following actions shall constitute a material breach of these Terms and Conditions:

* Do not disrespect the privacy and views of others;

* Do not use the Community Forums for commercial purposes, including the promotion of any specific goods or services;

* Do not post obscene, profane, sexually explicit, libelous, slanderous, defamatory, harmful, threatening, illegal or knowingly false information;

* Do not post blatant expressions of bigotry, racism or hate, material encouraging conduct that may constitute or contribute to a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or violate any national, state or local law, regulation or authority, or any other material which RUST COMMUNICATIONS finds objectionable;

* Do not use the Community Forums for unlawful purposes;

* Do not impersonate another person;

* Do not allow any other person or entity to use your identification to post or view comments; and

* Do not post material that infringes on the copyright or other intellectual property rights of others or the privacy and publicity rights of others.

RUST COMMUNICATIONS reserves the right to record dialogue in Community Forums. RUST COMMUNICATIONS is not responsible for screening or monitoring material posted by users or any other person or entity. If notified by a user of communications that are alleged not to conform to the terms of this Section, RUST COMMUNICATIONS may investigate the allegation and determine in its sole discretion to remove or request the removal of the communications.

RUST COMMUNICATIONS reserves the right to remove communications that are abusive, illegal, disruptive or that otherwise fail to conform with these Terms and Conditions. RUST COMMUNICATIONS reserves the right (but is not obligated) to edit or delete any communications posted on the RUST COMMUNICATIONS site, regardless of whether such communications violate these standards for content.