And spam

When I first started this blog I thought I won't get a lot of comments so why should I turn on the comment filter. But then back in September I did so. There was a nice note about 'Hey nice blog, here's a place where you can make extra money... wink, wink' And it was responding to a note about AIDS and sin and the effects of sin. And I thought... I don't want a note like that next to a serious discussion, so I turned on the spam filter and it's worked.

But really I wonder who responds to such drivel. I certainly like extra money, but at what price? That of integrity or the ability to have a meaningful discussion? I don't think so. And I've never been a fan of the sly 'here's a story and we both know it's dirty but we won't say so' form of discourse. If it's dirty or pornographic or sexualized or whatever just say so and move on. Just don't patronize me or making the loveliness of sex - a gift from God - into something less than it can be.

And so I turned on the spam filter in spite of my wanting to be a more open forum.