Presence

S. at OnTheMainLine has a post wondering if the Agudah is up in arms over just the "bad" blogs, or blogs in general. I was rather pleasantly amused that my blog and banner (see above) are used as examples of what might be found objectionable about blogging by the Agudah (the coexistence of Torah and other things; not the things in and of themselves). In the comments, my banner is referred to as "a horror show for the Agudah." That certainly made me smile. ;)

For what it's worth, I think it's an issue of power and authority. I understand the Agudah's concern, although I think they're a bit off as to where that authority shoud reside. And even if they were right, when power is abused, it must be confronted by any means possible.