{"id":180,"date":"2003-11-19T07:10:07","date_gmt":"2003-11-19T12:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brianarner.com\/weblog\/wordpress\/2003\/11\/megablog_alliance\/"},"modified":"2003-11-19T07:10:07","modified_gmt":"2003-11-19T12:10:07","slug":"megablog_alliance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.brianarner.com\/weblog\/2003\/11\/megablog_alliance\/","title":{"rendered":"Mega-Blog Alliance?"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a post below<\/a>, I asked if the Rocky Top Brigade<\/a> is bound by a mutual defense pact similar to what I had seen mentioned at Calblog<\/a> covering the Bear Flag League. In the course of the accompanying comments, Xrlq<\/a> floated the idea of a peace agreement between the BFL and the RTB, to which South Knox Bubba<\/a> replied:<\/p>\n

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.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Xrlq responded with this post<\/a>, in which he submitted the non-aggression and mutual defense pact to BFL members for ratification.
\nSKB 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<\/a>. That stretches tolerance close to the breaking point. [UPDATE: Breaker is a University of Florida alumnus, not a Gator fan; an important distinction.]
\nI’m as much a “big tent” kind of person as the next guy, but Angry Clam<\/a> offers sage counsel: “Beware of the entangling alliances.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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