After a most pleasant evening of fabulous asian food and even finer conversation, courtesy of friends Margaret and David from Our House, I returned home to enjoy the last remaining minutes of my annual 39th birthday celebration. I fired up the computer, checked to see if my parents' domicile in Florida was still on the map, then began to surf for the evening's festivities on my blogroll.
Once again, Charles at Little Green Footballs was tempting me.
No, Charles isn't the sort to induce me to do truly evil acts. (No links, please; I don't want Typepad to shut down my blog!) But Charles is posting that which makes me want to use bad language!
Have the New York Times and its reporters no shame whatsoever?
The answer appears to be "yes."
Don't read the article unless you, too, are strong enough to avoid the temptation to use bad language!
Peg
Was your birthday today? Guess what, so was mine!
Cheers and happy B-day!
Posted by: Eskimo | Saturday, September 25, 2004 at 11:50 PM
Peg,
Are you a goody-two-shoes? Bad language is appropriate in some cases, you know.
It's hard to imagine that after the blogosphere took down Dan Rather the NYT still refuses to see the most vibrant and intellectually challenging part of it. But there is the evidence for all to see in black and white.
Posted by: David Strom | Sunday, September 26, 2004 at 12:20 AM
Goody-two-shoes? MOI? Nah.
And I'm afraid that I do use language appropriate for sailors more often than I ought. In print, however, I try harder to avoid it. (Tougher to deny that you sound like a boxer when it's recorded for posterity!)
But yes - it IS pretty sad about the NYTimes - among others. I just read a good column by David Broder where he states he is ashamed of what so many in his profession are now doing (or, not doing - like checking out their stories.)
I continue to wonder - when will they wake up? Or - WILL they wake up??
Posted by: Peg K | Sunday, September 26, 2004 at 12:24 AM