All we aspired to was 'snarky'

A friend of these pages points out that we have already managed to offend... Facebook?

Look what happened when I tried to switch over... while on Facebook:

The following website has been identified as malicious:
http://globeandmailwatch.blogspot.com/
The link you have clicked has been identified by Facebook as a malicious web site. For the safety and privacy of your Facebook account, we strongly suggest you avoid visiting this address.

As she notes:

Sorry for exercising free speech, Facebook.

And pithily comments:

Holy crap. Where do we even begin?

I have to admit I'm somewhat charmed by the idea of an emergency session of the Facebook Security Council convening for a detailed analysis of all three days of posts here, and after a frenzied discussion caving to unimaginable pressures from the fiendish international Rogers lobby. But frankly it seems to me more likely that a something-bot misfired. Now for a no doubt hilarious Brazil-like exercise in attempting to wrest an admission of error from the implacable Authorities. In the mean time you can join an exciting new Facebook group at http://utoronto.facebook.com/group.php?gid=52246940983&ref=nf. Let the crossfire begin!

It's hard to be sure without knowing what actually happened (thanks for the transparency, Facebook); but if this really is the result of thin human skin I will have to further label this post 'Canadian lameness'. Because frankly the level of snark here is nothing compared to the hijinks American political blogs get up to. There are good (meaning among other things tough) Canadian blogs as well; but not nearly so many and they don't seem to be as big a part of the culture yet, so Mister Delicate-Flower Journalist might not have found out about them. (That would explain a lot, come to think of it... 'You mean they have politics on the intertubes now?' ) Anyway a political blogroll with tons 'o' fun suggestions will be coming soon, so you will be able to see for yourselves just how very constructive, peacable, and dare I say it Canadian we are here.