In a post below, I asked if the Rocky Top Brigade is bound by a mutual defense pact similar to what I had seen mentioned at Calblog covering the Bear Flag League. In the course of the accompanying comments, Xrlq floated the idea of a peace agreement between the BFL and the RTB, to which South Knox Bubba replied:
Xrlq, as founder and maintainer of the RTB blogroll, I accept your proposal for a nonagression and mutual defense pact. We salute your fine outfit and proclaim it a great day for the Blogosphere. May no blog dare ever tread on the BFL or the RTB lest he or she as the case may be suffer the right mighty wrath and furious vengeance of both.
Xrlq responded with this post, in which he submitted the non-aggression and mutual defense pact to BFL members for ratification.
SKB is a great blogger and RTB administrator, but shouldn’t we similarly ratify this pact? The last time a powerful leader secretly negotiated a non-aggression pact, Germany ended up invading Poland. I don’t suspect I’ll ever have a problem with any Bear Flag League member, but you do need to check who you are getting into bed with. According to my limited research, the Bear Flag League harbors not only conservatives, but also at least one Gator fan. That stretches tolerance close to the breaking point. [UPDATE: Breaker is a University of Florida alumnus, not a Gator fan; an important distinction.]
I’m as much a “big tent” kind of person as the next guy, but Angry Clam offers sage counsel: “Beware of the entangling alliances.”
It sucks to be part of a totalitarian regime, huh? But I will take your counsel under advisement…. 🙂
I fully intend to secede now. I will not be party to allowing californians to desecrate the good name of rocky top!
It’s rebellion!
“Uncle.” There, I said it. BTW, recall that the proposal is a mere mutual defense and non-aggression pact, NOT a merger of the two alliances. The latter is something I would oppose, as it would tend to dilute the characters of both alliances.
The analogy here is not to the EU, the EEC or even NAFTA. It is to NATO, where Greece is still Greece, Turkey is still Turkey, the Americans still get to own guns, the Brits still get to drive on the wrong side of the road, and the French still get to eat snails and be rude to everyone.
Random Stuff
This post is just some random stuff that I want to say but not really put into separate posts. Here goes: A list of stuff…
To Brian Arner: Please note that I am not “a Gator fan.” All graduates of the University of Florida are Gators. I am a Gator.
With that in mind, I am pleased to pledge my allegiance to a nonagression and mutual assistance alliance between the BFL and the RTB.
We should lay aside all petty grievances such as “religious” differences and recognize that the grand “religion” of the South and Border States is simply “football” and it takes at least two teams to make a “game”.
If the freedom of the blogosphere is threatened, we must all band together. I urge all esteemed members of the RTB to lay aside differences of culture or politics and ratify the Grand Alliance.
The Grand Alliance
The Bear Flag League and the Rocky Top Brigade are in serious discussions about a nonaggression and mutual assistance pact to deal with threats to members of the kind that threatened Justene over at Calblog. This could be the beginning
Perhaps this non-aggression pact is a good idea. I already have an opportunity to avail myself of its protections. Sorry for the misunderstanding, Breaker. Being erroneously labeled a Gator fan is damaging to one’s reputation. Please don’t sue me for libel.