Blogging with Integrity.....

[poltr1]

Those of you who know me know that integrity is one of my core values. How do I define integrity? When my head, my heart, and my gut all align. There is another form of integrity -- more like a code of conduct.

Anyway, I was reading this article on paganwiccan.about.com titled "Because Christianity Doesn't Own Faith", and it mentioned a site called Blogging With Integrity. So I checked it out.

Over the years I've been here on LJ, I've tried to treat people and their opinions fairly and with respect. I've welcomed both agreement and disagreement. Granted, there have been a few exceptions, but I'm human and sometime make mistakes.

I liked the site and what it proposes. So much so that I signed their pledge. And proud to display their badge here:


I encourage those of you who blog to go to the site and read what they have to offer.

Comments

[tigertoy.livejournal.com]

I support what they say in their pledge with a couple of reservations.

Their first tenet is to treat others respectfully. In some forums, it is appropriate to at least aspire to treating even those who have earned contempt with respect. In others, it is appropriate to say what we really feel. I believe that my own personal blog is of the latter sort of place.

Their second tenet is to be diligent about crediting the ideas of others. This is always fine to aspire to, but I'm cursed with a memory that retains a lot of ideas without remembering where they came from. When I'm posting a personal blog entry, I don't think I should feel obligated to research everything I comment on to the point where I can provide a link to the original. To feel so obligated would mean that I would post even less than I already do, because that's real work.