What makes you happy ?

So the head of the Press Complaints Commission wants blogs to have a voluntary code of conduct. So if I do not “volunteer” I do not have to abide?
And let’s say I do volunteer. Let’s say I agree to whatever such nonsense would say.
And let’s say the Dr Rowan Williams has an issue with me calling him a blackmailer.
I will respond in the same way the Press does.

With a tiny little entry buried somewhere completely unnoticeable on this domain. After all, if it’s good enough for the mainstream press why should I act any different?

Oh yes – it’s a pathetic idea too. Sheer bloody nonsense.
Selected quotes from that link:

“We’re not in favour of regulating the internet. The flow of information should not by regulated by any government.”

No, but you want to do it instead.

Former Downing Street spin doctor Alastair Campbell …….added that “some of the most offensive stuff” comes from them [blogs].

Hey – you hand out the lead, so why are you surprised when people make bullets?

Mr Toulmin described the phrases “free speech” and “free press” as relative terms because views expressed on the internet are still governed by laws such as libel and data protection.

So my understanding of that is this: “There is no free speech on the internet because of existing laws” and the addition to that is “and now we want a code too“. So that makes free speech even less relative doesn’t it? Less free. More regulated. Censored.

And he thinks people will welcome this? Idiot.