tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776222898849461648.post1134516821500454122..comments2023-05-30T06:59:26.493-07:00Comments on Day by Day Discoveries: A Response for The Common RoomDawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05895897568006441289noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776222898849461648.post-1802561366563851882007-12-11T19:29:00.000-08:002007-12-11T19:29:00.000-08:00//stop with the blind admiration every time one of...//stop with the blind admiration every time one of the team members has a bodily function.//<BR/><BR/>Not nice. I was drinking a beer while reading that and now I have beer all over my keyboard! :D<BR/><BR/>Part of me knows there's no point. I tried the nice card when the whole thing began and my comments were deleted along with everyone else. But I keep trying. Nothing to lose and it adds to the record of the whole dispute and maybe just one person will wander over and think, "Gee, hadn't thought of it that way before."<BR/><BR/>Just maybe. <BR/><BR/>Anyhow, your comment was much better than my post and much more to the point.Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05895897568006441289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776222898849461648.post-2842380782236715082007-12-11T19:16:00.000-08:002007-12-11T19:16:00.000-08:00I have addressed every one of their arguments, and...I have addressed every one of their arguments, and been met each and every time with imbecilic responses and excuses. Quite a number of the blogs nominated have posts about issues that are far from "family friendly", if "their" definition is confined to posts suitable for "their" children to read. Let's see, there's same sex marriage initiatives, pro life issues, pedophiles in the schools to name a few. Let's be honest. When one of the "them" says "family friendly", its in the pattern of Dobson, and it means "heterosexual one man one woman bible believers" and when I say "family friendly" it means something totally different. Of course the rules were written to keep me (and my legions) from being nominated.To say otherwise is simply a lie.<BR/><BR/>My kids are pretty normal kids. They have little to no interest in reading the blogs that interest me. They're too busy with their own blogs and friends and the things normal homeschooled kids are reading. <BR/><BR/>Name calling: when it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it's okay to call it a duck. There's been no "name calling", there's been "outing" of a lot of hypocrisy though. <BR/><BR/>Another argument is that the prizes aren't such that secular homeschoolers would be interested . Hmm, okay - then why not just call it a Christian homeschool award? The reasoning was "we didn't know where to obtain secular materials". Right. I have a comprehensive list of secular suppliers right in the sidebar of my non family friendly blog. I think it's between my lists of monthy activities and materials and right before my 6 part series on classical unschooling. <BR/><BR/>The ethical issues of participating in a contest you're in charge of monitoring is beyond discussion.<BR/><BR/>If you don't want your integrity called into question, be above reproach. <BR/><BR/>It's not representative of the "best" of homeschooling blogs. Those who have the best blogs already know it, from traffic, from their sheer notoriety in homeschooling circles, and from the support they garner when a controversy develops. When that point is brought up though, "the other side" responds with "well, run your own contest". I guess that means "we" weren't welcome in the first place.<BR/><BR/>And finally, admit when you're wrong, be responsible for your mistakes, and for heaven's sake, stop with the blind admiration every time one of the team members has a bodily function. The most painful part of this "contest" is reading the supportive responses from "the other side". <BR/>It's embarrassing to be included in the larger demographic of "homeschooler" when "the other side" is so loud and obnoxiously sheeple-like.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776222898849461648.post-54505227656014397432007-12-11T17:53:00.000-08:002007-12-11T17:53:00.000-08:00I completely missed the point you made about the s...I completely missed the point you made about the special categories for the 'other'. Fantastic point and a great clue about the kind of thinking that's going on.Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05895897568006441289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776222898849461648.post-10163216679269190862007-12-11T17:47:00.000-08:002007-12-11T17:47:00.000-08:00They really don't get it do they? Or more likely, ...They really don't get it do they? Or more likely, they don't want to get it. Even her suggestions pretty clearly indicate that there are Our Kind Of Blogs and That Other Kind Of Blog. I mean really, does she not see the absurdity in suggesting they accommodate That Other Kind Of Blogger by giving them a token category or two?! Either you represent ALL homeschoolers or you don't. Just say it up front Christian Homeschool Blog Awards. At least then everybody knows what they are reading.<BR/><BR/>Someone over there commented, "My mother always says the world is divided into two groups: people who charge batteries and people who drain them." And it is true. The one-sided thinkers are really draining my spirit. Glad she pointed that out for us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com