April 01, 2005

Denied!

Someone please tell us what could be considered questionable content in the following comment? It may (cough) have been a little over the top - but we thought that you usually do that when you're being sarcastic.

Anyways,...

Rook wrote this:

Sacrilege!

Bark Bark Woof Woof has gone too far! Additives in coffee is against the laws of nature!

There should be consequences for such heresy. Cream and sugar is the work of the devil.

I've got it! He should be tied to a chair, his eye lids taped open and be forced to watch Ann Coulter's Fox segments 24/7.

People, I am a coffee puritan and I take this stance very seriously.

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And I tried to put this comment on his blog, and got it rejected for questionable content:

Rook:

You sound almost Publican in your puritanism about coffee and what should or should not be put in it.

When did you become the Secretary of Coffee Drinking? You apply your faith-based drinking standards pretty loose and fast. And seem to be somewhat unyielding in your attitudes regarding any additives to the main component of my bloodstream, er, coffee. And now you know why I have such a (highly caffeinated) horse in this race...

Should those of us who use additives be set on a hot plate until there's nothing left but a black crusty sludge on the bottom of the pot? Should we be denied access to the life-giving fluid that courses through our veins because there might be something else coursing along with it??

Can't we all just get along?

P.S. I drink the gamut of coffee styles, from completely black to triple triple. I draw the line at instant coffee and stale stuff (and usually it's not strong enough for my taste when I don't make it), but I'm willing to let others drink anything they want. As long as I don't have to watch...

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Any ideas as to why we've run afoul of the censor? (And, yes, I am looking at someone in particular when I ask...)

Editors Note: we have slightly enhanced our original comment to Rook and cleaned up a typo but otherwise all is as it was when I tried to post this comment over at his site.

Update: - we received the following error when trying to notify Rook that we had posted this screed on our blog:

Ping 'http://www.rooksrant.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-tb.cgi/1238' failed: Your ping was denied for questionable content.

What's up with that?

Posted by (: Tom :) at April 1, 2005 06:46 PM
Comments

To be honest, I have no idea! I have not had anyone tell me they could not post comments on my site before.

I will investigate further this obvious mistake.

Posted by: Rook at April 1, 2005 10:55 PM

Oh, by the way, I was made Minister of Coffee by Pinko Feminist Hellcat.

Posted by: Rook at April 1, 2005 11:00 PM

Well, after a serious look at my black list set up I see that you were inadvertantly added to my blacklist. Actually, you were added as a subset of Rush Limbaugh related spam blocking.

As this is a serious matter, I have decided to leave the list alone until such time as you have changed your views on coffee drinking.

Honestly, I cringe at the thought of such pagan acts as adding cream and sugar to coffee. We are talking about spoiling the very nectar of God!

I shall not allow you heathens to tarnish such gifts from Him. I shall clean the planet of you and your kind.

GOD HATES C&S DRINKERS

Posted by: Rook at April 1, 2005 11:33 PM

Wow! I humbly apologize for doubting your ministerial credentials, and I am heartened to know that chocolate is now officially a food group.

I was also unaware that C&S use is soon to be a mortal offense. Is that heresy by thought, heresy by word, heresy by deed, or something completely different? Smiting what your Invisible Cloud Being holds to be blasphemous is so Old Testament.

Plus, I am also very glad that I had just finished my coffee before I read your comments. Just for the record, would Irish Cream Whiskey be an acceptable additive - or is there a strict zero tolerance attitude from the Ministry on any coffee additives at all? This could affect a considerable swath of the economy, once official policy was more widely known.

Finally, I am very sad to have to say that, although the coffee flows strong through these veins (and may very well be the lifeblood of the Gods), mead is truly the nectar of the Gods. I'll send you some the next time I make it and you'll see... and quite possibly Mr. Berube and Andante and I could get together and talk about a Sub-Ministry of Mead and Home Brewing or some such sinecure from the Sheezlebub administration.

P.S. How do you feel about expresso and cappuccino?

Posted by: (: Tom :) at April 2, 2005 07:08 AM