This arti­cle is a cau­tion­ary tale for all bloggers.

Back­ground

I feel com­pelled to tell you about a sit­u­a­tion here in the blo­gos­phere that sad­dens me, but illus­trates, yet again, the need for blog­gers to deal with each other in good faith and with integrity and respect. This is a topic I wrote about recently, con­clud­ing that we all have a respon­si­bil­ity to post responsibly.

I recently sub­mit­ted “Thir­teen Rea­sons I Wish You Could Have Known My Father” to a blog car­ni­val. I pre­vi­ously par­tic­i­pated in one of the “proprietor’s” car­ni­vals, e-mailed casu­ally with him on a cou­ple of occa­sions and recently, as you saw from the “sticky” post that appeared here for a few days, agreed to host an upcom­ing edition.