Online Blogintegrity

After reading the OI-Statement of principles, eet occurs to me that thees blooger-person, how-joo-say "Tactless", could seemply have called hees work "The Online Pseudonymous Privacy Project", and left the whole concept of "Integrity" out altogether. (and possibly has, no?)

Tactless claims that he seeks to protect online privacy, especially that of pseudonymous bloggers, and I theenk we can all appreciate what would lead heem to take thees course of action.

(Sadly eet seems that at least one signatory to hees leetle juramento de integridad does no agree weeth heem on thees point.)

But now, the dialog has sheefted from privacy for plagiarists to thees whole notion of "Civility".

*Ack!*Ackhkhk!
Hrnrnrnrn! Hrnhrnhrnhnrnnn!
Ack! ACk! Koff!! *SPLAT*

Perdóna me, I had a hairball.

ahem.

For Tactless, "civility" would seem to be synonymous weeth "condescension" as he showed when he trolled threads at Sadly, No, FireDogLake, and MyDD.

Eet ees true that El Gato Negro! does no possess thees form of "civility".

But what do the nutty-weengers mean generally when they speak of thees idea, thees "civility"?

Do they mean racial tolerance?
No.

Do they mean uplifting the dialog eento a higher level of respectability?
Evidently, No.

So when Tactless says:

One closing note: when the major left-bloggers — including but not even nearly limited to Hamsher — began their campaign against the nonpartisan, nonideological Online Integrity, one major excuse given (besides the Ackbar thesis) was that the blogospheric left is more than capable of policing its own — and does so with alacrity. So, Georgia10, Chris Bowers, Matt Stoller, Stirling Newberry, Oliver Willis, dKos editors, et al.: let’s see it. Let’s see the left enforce some basic decency in its own ranks. I, for one, have the greatest confidence in your integrity and your word.

Then he can only mean one theeng.

No more cursing.

Liberalista bloggerros, by and large have a reputation, deserved or no, for los maldiciones. I must confess I myself have been guilty on occasion of referring to right-nutty-weengers as "steenky" and also enculando asqueros maracon de playas sin huevos qui chinga ses madres.

For thees I am resolved to try to amend my behavior.

Amigos, there ees an uncomplicated, yet elegant solution to the perceived problem of los bloggerros dropping the F-bomb like so many rabbit pellets all over la bloggesfera.

Señors, señoras, y señoritas, I present to joo:

The Blog-Integrity&trade Online Virtual Swearjar&trade



Si, weeth the help of the new Blog-Integrity&trade Online Virtual Swearjar&trade los bloggerros can begin to atone for their feelthy, feelthy, potty-mouths, while at the same time, working for a better bloggesfera for all.

Here's how she works:

Whenever a lefty bloggerro or bloggerra publishes a post containing a nasty word, they seemply put a nickel een the Blog-Integrity&trade Online Virtual Swearjar&trade. (We weel endeavour to have a Pay-pal account up by Monday, eh?)

Now, los bloggeros can begin to track and police their own naughty language.

Then, when we have enough dolares saved up een the Blog-Integrity&trade Online Virtual Swearjar&trade, we can buy Tactless hees very own internet, where he and hees leetle squalling, bigoted, eliminationist anormales can all go and be "civil" together, and leave us alone.

¿And the best part?

Joo do no even have to sign a steenky old pledge.



so.