Here in Howard County, Maryland, there is a campaign being run by the public libraries called Choose Civility. They promote it by handing out these green bumper magnets for free, so you see them everywhere here. It’s probably on every third car. It’s a lot like that silly badge image here.

I thought it was laughable in the same way as this “Blogger’s Code of Conduct”. The principle on their list that I think really stands out as being stupid is “Respect others’ opinions”. Maybe I’m just reading it too literally.

But one of the biggest things of all is the hypocrisy of it. You see these magnets on people’s cars, but their behavior on the road is adverse to the principles they claim to be promoting.

Hi,

I got me a badge !!! It took many minutes of intensive slogging to achieve this accolade. A blogging FAQ booklet will be available, for a small fee, upon request.

Coral

http://www.coralmusic.blogspot.com

Very good point!

“Badges? We don’t need no steenkin badges!”

Putting that badge up is going to invite trouble, not get rid of it. It’s kinda like making a post that states your server is unhackable . . . and is going to invite someone up to the challenge. Best to just not say anything and impose the controls you believe in.