HERE IS A RULE OF THUMB that would spare a lot of us aggravation: Artists should never open their yaps other than as part of their art, and even then only to people who have paid to hear them.
A recent case in point is the Web site AdFreeBlog.org. Its mission is as straightforward as it is stupid: to get as many bloggers as possible to swear off advertising.
First, let’s ignore the fact that for the vast majority of bloggers, swearing off ads would be akin to me swearing off dating Victoria’s Secret models.
AdFreeBlog.org features a logo with an owl and the words
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