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Dear Lee,

Maybe I’m alone on this one, but I think those bloggers who call themselves experts, rate their competitors on a scale from one to twenty, conduct web campaigns to destroy those they don’t like and basically have a ‘holier than thou’ opinion on everything should be held to a higher standard. Recently, a very prolific blogger on a popular writer’s website put out a plea for someone to take a parrot* that the blogger inherited from a deceased relative. No takers. So guess what this blogger did? This person had the parrot put down. In other words: KILLED! The only thing not on the blog was the final death-throes of a parrot taking its last breath.

Nice, huh?

This blogger’s band of blind blogger followers all said it was the right thing to do. My opinion: It was the CONVENIENT thing to do. The right thing is often inconvenient, like feeding the bird and cleaning it’s cage.

As for me, I stopped reading the parrot killer’s blog, and I’m pretty vocal in my own right. I’ve been published many times over and believe me, every chance I get not to recommend this site, I will do so.

-Horrified in California
Dear Horrified,

I read over the blog before it was deleted from the site, and I’m appalled. Basically, it made me want to vomit. However, WNW has decided not to print the name of this person and the website because parrot killing does not have anything to do with writing, and parrot killing is not against the law when it is done by a veterinarian. On the other hand, an action that is not against the law isn’t necessarily the moral and correct thing to do. I have a question: What kind of person would blog about having a parrot killed? The following is a list of potential answers:

A) A person whose moral compassion is broken.
B) An egomaniac
C) A blogging addict
D) All of the above

*WNW changed the type of animal killed. They thought it best because there are so many cat lovers across the country.


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