"I couldn't possibly fail to disagree with you less."
25 August 2007The evil that blogs doThis Gadfly column in The McCarville Report lays bare the wickedness:
While it is true that few standards apply to what's posted on blogs, one can only hope that a basic rule of fairness applies. Unfortunately, some bloggers don't agree and we find some outrageous (offered without a single fact) allegations bandied about, with reckless disregard for reputations, and many of the allegations come from posters who hide behind screen names. Other blogs so obviously pursue vendettas against individuals that their entire credibility is open to question.
Which, I guess, makes it like Real Life, writ — or typed — small. The Gadfly hasn't named any such blogs, though he notes that "there are a couple we now have listed [in the blogroll] that are so reckless in the posts they allow that we're inclined to unlink them." I am not inclined to speculate as to which ones he means. Posted at 12:10 PM to BlogorrheaI think "bare" and "wickedness" go nicely together, don't you? Well then, put your fig leaf back on. Blogs are like people - in fact, they "are" people. How do you know if someone is trustworthy? (1) Reputation (2) Your personal experience with them over a period of time. Same with blogs. You don't usually walk up to a stranger, or a strange blog, and immediately trust them. Posted by: Mister Snitch! at 1:59 PM on 25 August 2007Neither wickedness nor bareness has scored me any lays. Posted by: CGHill at 3:08 PM on 25 August 2007You have to assure your score first, but then the bareness and the wickedness are your bonus. Posted by: Miss Cellania at 7:33 AM on 26 August 2007 |