tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24946442.post3337770226807203319..comments2023-07-07T01:53:48.487-06:00Comments on What's Wrong With This Picture?: Bums, Crooks and ThievesM.G. Bralleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10083864482181744657noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24946442.post-77810980678365820622009-02-11T06:26:00.000-07:002009-02-11T06:26:00.000-07:00Sir:I think I'm being compared to Richard Nixon he...Sir:<BR/><BR/>I think I'm being compared to Richard Nixon here, and while part of me likes the idea of even a negative "brush with greatness", I think it's a tad bit overblown.<BR/><BR/>I ran across this post while doing a bit of Googling, and have to disagree with you on the heinousness of using pictures from the Internet. It's understood when I put stuff out there in written form that it's to be used as seen fit by the rest of the blogosphere. It doesn't happen often, but when it does I'm never asked. It comes with the "open source" territory. <BR/><BR/>Now I don't get paid or anything for my stuff, but even if I did I'd realize those are the rules here. I prefer to think of these "rules" as a good idea.<BR/><BR/>As for your photo, as I mentioned at the time I had no idea who took the picture because it was not attributed. I sure I found it in the same Google image search used by just about everybody else. <BR/><BR/>I don't want to deprive anybody of their paycheck or civil liberties, but it's hard to find someone to ask when there's nobody <I>to</I> ask, and the "open source" component of the Internet is perhaps my favorite aspect of the whole WWW thing.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps we disagree on this point. I would argue that's another good thing about the Internet (the chance to do so openly), just as I don't mind your characterization of my "conniption". It's open discourse, verbal and visual, and I think it's a very, very good thing.jscotkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09824360655778237168noreply@blogger.com