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Paul Daugherty
Paul Daugherty has been an Enquirer sports columnist since 1994 and has been chronicling Cincinnati sports since 1988. He has covered almost every major sporting event in America, as well as five Summer Olympics. Along the way, he has been named one of the country's top-5 sports columnists four times, and Ohio columnist of the year on seven different occasions. Last year, he was voted 2nd-best sports columnist in the country, by the Associated Press Sports Editors.

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Friday, April 04, 2008

Enough

I don't have enough hours in the day to continue moderating garbage, OK? Stick to the subject, which is the irresponsibility of a football player, and the repercussions he's facing. If you feel the need to turn it into a black-white thing, take a deep breath and walk away from the keyboard. Because if you write incendiary stuff to my blog any more, on any subject, I'll reject it. Guaranteed.

Now, after a day of C. Henry nonsense, a much-needed joke, taken from this month's Esquire magazine:

"A blind man walks into a store with his seeing-eye dog. All of a sudden, he picks up the leash and begins swinging the dog over his head.

The manager runs up to the man and shouts, "What are you doing?!''

The blind man replies, "Just looking around.''

Have a rational weekend.


16 Comments:

at 2:36 PM Anonymous Anonymous said...

Careful, PD, the PETA people will come looking for you

 
at 4:05 PM Blogger Jaybee said...

Thank you, Paul, for a sense of rational moderating for this extension of your intellectual side. It is the immature postings on this, and really all, of the Enquirer blogs which causes me to rarely feel like posting an opinion. Here's hoping all of the posters will take the hint with civility and respect for everyone's rights. I support free speech but it should also carry with it a sense of responsibility.

 
at 4:16 PM Blogger Unknown said...

understand why Chris Henry is news... but, on a day when Johnny Cueto gives Red's fans everywhere are reason to hope a bit more than usual, who gives hoot about a jerk that obviously never respected the lucky life he'd been given.

Johnny Cueto forever, Chris Henry never!

 
at 6:49 PM Anonymous Anonymous said...

You have every right to monitor and I applaud. Thank you.

These blogs could be a LOT OF FUN, good times & good exchange of pertinent info (as well as opinions).
Don't let the all-negative (CSA & friends) bloggers ruin a good thing.

 
at 7:37 PM Blogger Kantspelwrite said...

Paul,

Some people see everything as black and white and some people just don't get it at all. I don't blame you for being upset with some of the comments posted yesterday. Keep up the good work.

 
at 10:10 AM Anonymous Anonymous said...

Doc,

I completely agree and understand that you have the power to reject. Based on the immature and juvenile discussions on other blogs (I believe Fay's), I made the suggestion of rejecting certain posts to keep that from happening. When these children (for lack of a better term) start posting comments that spark conversation other than the original topic, it takes away from those that really want to maturely discuss the topic at hand. Take the bull by the horns and police things.

 
at 10:59 AM Anonymous Anonymous said...

2 cannibals are eating a clown, when one cannibal looks up at the other and says, "Hey buddy, does he taste funny to you?".

 
at 4:19 PM Anonymous Anonymous said...

Paul...very sick "joke". Us lovers of animals will not and do not find this amusing.
Stick to sports...I do agree that if one starts "flaming" on your blog with racist rants or "childish" language, it should not be posted by you.

 
at 10:21 PM Blogger Chris S. said...

You see, 4:19, it was a *joke,* meaning that it really didn't happen and couldn't happen. That's actually how a lot of comedy works: a situation is presented that is either highly improbable or simply impossible which thusly evokes a laugh in the listener or reader because of the absurdity of the situation. For example, a joke about, say, punching your co-worker who always takes the last cup of coffee and never makes more is funny because you'd never punch your co-worker, just as joke about swinging a dog around over your head by its leash is funny because you'd never do that (improbable) and couldn't do it anyhow (impossible). Get it? No? Okay.

 
at 10:58 AM Anonymous Anonymous said...

I find this all kind of funny in light of Paul's post from a few weeks ago about how "words matter" and they are hurtful and blah blah blah. Apparently, however, Paul is the sole arbiter of what is offensive, and what words are appropriate. Even though he is not black, he has the magical gift of determining when racial issues are present and when they are not, and when it is appropriate to discuss them and when it is not. He can also dismissively call people "freaks" on his blog, just because they disagree with his (insanely wrong) ideas about environmental issues. Apparently, words and jokes only matter when they are aimed at people who are close to Paul, but do not matter when they concern people who are different than him or who he is not as familiar with.

Of course, it's Paul's blog and he can say and do with it what he wants, including moderating comments and deleting them.

Also, in all seriousness, if you want to control the comments, a good first step is to turn off anonymous commenting. It will stop a lot of the crap, trust me, I speak as someone with experience with the internet tubes and the web logs.

 
at 11:38 AM Anonymous Anonymous said...

I thought it was very funny.
Does that mean I'm as sick as Paul?

 
at 2:51 PM Blogger Monclova Steve said...

10:58 Anon,
Doc opens himself up to criticism just by expressing his opinion. He also allows you to express yours.
You have done so, and done so eloquently.
I'm not sure I see a problem here, other than the fact that you have some issues with Doc.
That's what the blog is all about.
I do find it ironic that you want to eliminate anonymous posting, but are doing so as "anonymous".

 
at 5:57 PM Anonymous Anonymous said...

Seasoned cop suspects the rookie he's training isn't all that bright...he asks the rook to see if his rear blinkers on the cruiser are working. Rookie gets out and yells from the back of the car, "Yup, they ar..I mean no, they aren't...wait a minute, yeah they are, I mean no..."

Good Blog, Paul. What's blog stand for anyway?

 
at 9:30 PM Anonymous Anonymous said...

Blue, Green, Black or Red....the bottom line is that he is a waste of space on so many levels it's hard to count them all. Failure in his community, embarrassment to his team, and a disappointment to his family, friends and fans. He got handed his chances over and over on a silver platter and chose this path for himself... Good Riddance. Try to become a man sometime in the near future.

 
at 1:07 PM Blogger Anonymous said...

ooo, sometimes i like to picture chrishenry as being green!

Mike from Jon Rocker!

 
at 8:30 PM Anonymous Anonymous said...

Chris S. - You see what a JOKE you are with your comment concerning Anon 4:19? Oh! you are one of those who knows all and dearly wants to explain it to all :)

 
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