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Blogger Code of Conduct: Good Idea, but Would It Work?
Tweet Share on Facebook April 4, 2007 CommentUPDATED: 4/6/07, 1:20 p.m.
An earlier version of this post incorrectly identified the website on which threats to Kathy Sierra were posted. The threats were not posted on www.Rageboy.com. The threats were originally posted on Sierra's blog and other comments and images were posted on meankids.org. The identity of the poster(s) of the threats and comments is unknown.
The blogosphere is erupting with calls for a code of conduct, even prosecution, following a spate of antiwoman hate postings. The most recent incident involves technology blogger Kathy Sierra, who canceled public appearances and stopped her blog after receiving threatening graphics of nooses and lewd sexual descriptions of what those posting planned to do to her.
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Viewpoint on Animal Rights
Tweet Share on Facebook April 2, 2007 CommentDuring the past week, I've been struck by two media references to animals that suggest perhaps America's attitude toward basic animal rights is maturing. In one, a listener comment read on the air during National Public Radio's All Things Considered discussed the inherent cruelty of using elephants in circuses. Each spring, it has become a New York City ritual of sorts to march the Ringling Brothers circus elephants through the Queens Midtown Tunnel so they can perform in Madison Square Garden.
