Permission Denied – A Response to a Few Petty Food Bloggers

Hey Guys, I am sorry to rant but I was so angry when I heard about the Food Bloggers Code of Ethics I just had to say something. This post isn’t about self healing but about self expression.

Naturally there are people, who feel left out of the community,  who feel they need to establish some type of code of ethics or be the center of attention when they cannot provide an exceptional point of view. If these bloggers had integrity they would not be trying to tell others how to do their work.
Blogging may seem like journalism but it is not. Of course the newspapers, websites, and media outlets reference many blogs in their reports. They hardly mention them all. Perhaps all your schooling did not prepare you to discern what the public wants. You were trained to report on the activities of the world and it's people. You should ask for a job with a food blogger because you have misplaced yourself once again on the scale of things.
Fascists always believe they have the interest of the people at heart. They start out trying to make a fairer and more peaceful world. They gather their sheep into the fold until there is a manic call for justice. But as history has shown, the sheep become the lambs for slaughter. Very soon the badge of honor becomes so important to the sheep that those who started it all will now decide if what you write, post or discuss is acceptable.
Soon you will be pointed into directions THEY want you to go.
So welcome once again Adolph, Hugo, Fidel, Joseph, and the food code police. But this is as far as you go.

Permission Denied

Sorry, we are a unique and interesting bunch of writers who have found some people who care about a topic and in the language it is spoken in.

I don’t choose to swear in a post but there are bloggers I follow that do that I love because in the topic they speak of, I feel the same way.

Anyone who feels they must have a badge to do good work is not much of a person.

It reminds me of the narrow-mindedness of zealots. They are all dangerous.

So thank you for telling us who you are and the blogs you represent so we can turn our minds off to them and you will disappear.

Oh by the way, if a chef thinks he is worth $150 a plate and serves up an experience you want your money back on. We are going to keep telling everyone about it and not repeat a fool’s errand.

If you cannot watermark or use a tracer program with your photos then you belong nowhere near technology.

And lastly, I hope you all well because you have embarrassed yourselves and the media outlets you work for.

Comments

[Elle]

The fact that it was written by two bloggers that didn't ask the food blog community as a whole for opinions is what annoys me. That, and the little badge they made to put on your site.

I don't need a badge to tell people I'm honest.