Hunger Strike ending at Day 21

I have it on good authority that the powers that be at Canada’s National Newspaper are well aware of the Blogging Hunger Strike, and the “issues” associated with it. As much as I had hoped for a complete capitulation on the DTM’s part, after three weeks I’m getting a bit bored of this campaign. The raw meat of the daily blogging circuit can be quite tasty, and the 20 emails and Facebook posts of just yesterday about my chance to meet the Queen deserve to be satiated. Not many chances in life to talk about that, now are there?

Of the four choices I put out there the other day (see prior post “Hunger Strike – Day 14” June 29-10), I know that some paths were more popular with y’all than others.

The Ontario Press Council complaint seemed to be the most obvious and natural step, but it turns out that they don’t look at stuff that was published more than 45 days ago. Can you imagine that kind of statute of limitations anywhere else other than in the self-policing world of media complaints?

I know that at least two of you poo-pooed the copyright infringement angle, but I was attracted to that approach if only because of the wonders of the Discovery process that comes with civil litigation. But wasting money on lawyers to make a point seems silly, even if the point is a good one.

To be honest, hanging up the blogging skates has a definite appeal. The hampster wheel of this space is coming on four years this September, and the pros and cons of managing this particular part of the universe are often out of balance. However, enough of you keep coming back…so that’s more than a little influential in all of this.

With that in mind, my Mom would say that I should just brush it all off. As she starts her next round of Chemo tomorrow, that’s exactly what I’m going to do. Mothers know best!

MRM