Wednesday, September 03, 2014

Watcher's Council Nominations - Selfies Edition

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There's nothing like a scandal involving celebrities, especially female ones to take the public's mind off far more serious matters, eh?

Ordinarily I wouldn't pay the least attention, but I admit that I find it a symptom of our age that fewer and fewer people ever want to take personal responsibility for anything they do. That leads to views expressed like this one, who apparently feel that the women involved are simply blameless victims of Evil Males. These women should be entitled to take naked photos of themselves, dammit!

Victims they are indeed, but with exception of a couple of the actresses involved who claim they've been Photoshopped or that they thought the photos were deleted, you can hardly say they were completely blameless. If I go for a leisurely stroll in certain neighborhoods late at night and then get robbed or worse, I'm definitely a victim, but you certainly can't say I didn't contribute to my own victimization by doing something foolish. Assaults on one's person or privacy are criminal behavior and shouldn't happen, but human nature being what it is, they do.

The always sensible Talmud teaches that a man who entices someone,even unknowingly, to become a thief by leaving money or valuables where they can easily be found to tempt him bears partial responsibility for the sin. That, by the way, does not mean that the perpetrators shouldn't be punished.

But given our modern lack of traditional virtues and the technology available, I can't help but feel that someone who takes intimate photos or videos of themselves and knowingly leaves the file on a computer or a camera or phone when the possibility of hacking always exists bears a certain responsibility if those photos go public.

Selah.

Welcome to the Watcher's Council, a blogging group consisting of some of the most incisive blogs in the 'sphere, and the longest running group of its kind in existence. Every week, the members nominate two posts each, one written by themselves and one written by someone from outside the group for consideration by the whole Council.Then we vote on the best two posts, with the results appearing on Friday morning.

Council News:


This week, Blazing Cat Fur, Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion, and The Pirate's Cove earned honorable mention status with some great articles.

You can, too! Want to see your work appear on the Watcher’s Council homepage in our weekly contest listing? Didn’t get nominated by a Council member? No worries.

To bring something to my attention, simply head over to Joshuapundit and post the title and a link to the piece you want considered along with an e-mail address (mandatory, but of course it won't be published) in the comments section no later than Monday 6PM PST in order to be considered for our honorable mention category. Then return the favor by creating a post on your site linking to the Watcher’s Council contest for the week when it comes out on Wednesday morning

Simple, no?

It's a great way of exposing your best work to Watcher’s Council readers and Council members while grabbing the increased traffic and notoriety. And how good is that, eh?

So, let's see what we have for you this week....


Council Submissions

Honorable Mentions

Non-Council Submissions

Enjoy! Be sure to tune in Thursday AM to see which Weasel Of The Week nominee walks off with the statuette of Shame! Don't forget to tune in Friday for this weeks' Watcher's Council results!

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1 comment:

louielouie said...

is that a monkey boy tattoo?
it is.
it is a monkey boy tattoo!!!!!