Praguetory reports: When Bob “retired” from blogging, he didn’t mean it. In continuing a debate over the rights and wrongs of the last few days at his site and others Bob Piper’s been blogging more than ever. This includes the comments section of his own blog.One false allegation from Bob is that I ran off at the mouth to the media. As Bob gave this defiant interview with the media on Saturday, that allegation is pretty rich. The other allegation Bob makes is that I whipped up other bloggers. What the hell has he been doing for the best part of a week? When an argument is taking place, others will get involved.
There were two things which lost Cllr Piper his support, as far as I can see. Firstly, his attempt to “out” Praguetory, to name him and this was just low. Then there was the vitriol, such as the comparison with Iain Dale which I’m not going to dignify by repeating here. There are heaps more reasons to strongly question this man’s fitness to hold his current position as Councillor but these two will suffice.
Actually, what he has done is swing a huge amount of traffic Praguetory’s way and this traffic has been able to compare the two blogs and draw conclusions on the basis of literary style and closeness to the pulse. As Iain Dale said: Increasingly unmissable.
What have I to gain from weighing into this? Zero - it’s just that I feel it’s right to do so and I can definitely say that I have had nothing in the way of being whipped up by Praguetory or anyone else for that matter.
That’s one of the prime purposes of blogging, isn’t it, to say what you feel is right? So I say Cllr Piper should 1] get out of blogging for his breach of etiquette and 2] get out of politics for his breach of ethics.
I so rarely disagree with you, that I ought to put it on record. Firstly, the offending image was just a bad joke and the allegation of "thought crime" against Cllr Piper has just validated the technique. I can understand PragueTory's motives. It's tempting to feel that those who live by the sword of political correctness, should die by it, but for libertarians of the right it just looks like an own goal.
ReplyDeleteBob's lack of netiquette is unsurprising. He's not the most couth individual and I would guess he's fairly etiquette-free in the real world.
I agree it's wrong to "out" a blogger against his will. He can rightly be criticised for that. But I hope he doesn't stop blogging. There is no voice in the British blogosphere quite like him and there are many (if one is inclined to take offence) more offensive bloggers.
Tom, you make your point well and indeed I knew it from your own post on the matter. I've now said all I intend to and now we'll move on to the next thing.
ReplyDeleteWhy doesn't Bob want to out the Ministry of Truth where he pinched the offending image from in the first place? Surely that's where he should be firing his venom, that was the origin of his disgrace, not PragueTory!
ReplyDeleteIf someone was minded to do so, they could easily out MoT. He's been blogging for so long that he's sure to have left enough incriminating evidence that only a small amount of digging would be required.
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ReplyDeleteyes, but what would be the point? MoT has been undoubtedly robust in defending his corner, but he has never outed anyone or done anything close to that.
It's next morning here and the comments above were after I'd gone to bed. Seems to me that the point has now been made and the fact that the fool keeps doing exactly what he did in the first place [BP], nothing is going to affect him one way or the other. He obviously sees it as some sort of little boy's game, where reputations [his own included] are of no consequence. Pity the people he's reperesenting.
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