I actually have some time this morning to jot a few things down,  so if you are someone who is just here for this weeks pics,  scroll past this babble and my Men Are Like Streetcars pic for this week is down below.

When the topic of ethics came up this week it got me to thinking. Firstly that it was used for dramatic effect and secondly,  ethics really are at the bottom of my cause. Just on a rough estimate based on the folders that I looked at,  66% of my unique contributions are unmarked,  while around 33% are marked. When I compare that (and this is a really rough estimate because I don’t know EVERY place that my contributions are re-posted)  with my analytics for links back,  a generous observation would be that 98% of the time I receive no link at all and 2% of the time I get a link. So ethically speaking I kind of feel more generous than what I receive.

This weeks pic is unmarked though,  I can’t say at this moment that it will last. As I pointed out to The Spanking Blog this week,  it doesn’t matter whether the pics are marked or not,  they will be taken regardless. I’ll go through the usual motion of sucking it up and reminding myself that the reason that I do this is to bring excitement to my fellow spankos,  and then after a while when my contributions continue to make other sites successful,  I get a bee in my bonnet where I say  “Fuck this for a game of soldiers”  and I revert back to giving myself the appreciation that I don’t get elsewhere.

Perhaps that will be my challenge for the rest of the year,  to test my own resolve and become a better person by reminding myself,  the ethics of others should have no bearing on my own ethics,  I should continue to be a provider to the spanking community without qualification. Let’s see how far it goes,  eh?

There were a couple of other areas where I considered ethics and how I am different. Firstly I thought of online contests which I really dislike. Don’t get me wrong,  I’m not against those who do it,  it is just something that is ingrained in me that I can’t take part in. Last year I was nominated for spanking blog of the year and I practically begged to have my nomination removed. That isn’t why I have a spanking blog,  I’m not in it to be the best,  I’m in it to bring my take on spanking to my fellow spankos. How can I claim anything with my presentation? My blog is made up of unique material but that material is shared,  from the beautiful girls who allow me to take pictures with them and write stories about them,  to the small group of people who will send me contributions in the way of unique pics. I’m not in this for a popularity contest,  if a small portion of the spanking community enjoy what I do then that is all I need.

My ethics won’t allow me to post  “Vote for me”,  and yes,  many of my personal friends are spanking models or fellow bloggers and this gets me shit with them,  but tough titty,  those are my personal values and I’m not changing them because people think differently to me. The feedback that I get through email and through the small amount of comments that I get is all the validation that I require to feel satiated. It is the one area that I am very humble,  I’m better than nobody. You could argue that I have the most unique collection of spanking pics anywhere but I can guarantee you that I don’t,  there are collectors out there who have far more than I do,  it’s just that they don’t have a blog.

Here is my take on a simplistic level,  let’s just say that ONE picture that I posted was what convinced someone to vote for me,  but that picture was submitted by a fan of this site and not by me,  what am I winning? Same goes for the personal pictures,  if I got votes for my own unique work I can tell you this much,  they wouldn’t be voting for me because *I*  was in the picture,  lol.

If there was an independent panel of maybe 15 to 20 people who formed a committee to decide on awards to give out as opposed to a popularity contest,  then maybe I could see some validity in it. In fact perhaps I should put my money where my mouth is and form my own committee,  a small panel of diverse people to discuss points and counterpoints in certain criteria and give recognition to the small person. What are your feelings towards that?

Anyway,  enough of my drivel for one week,  but I do like the idea of an independent panel. Maybe we could be like the independent film awards as opposed to the Oscars.

This weeks pic is from 1954 and am I degrading it by not giving the picture location? Perhaps,  but when it is asked elsewhere where it comes from I will be able to go in and tell them where I found it. I’m a controlling little fucker,  aren’t I?

This will be added to my MEN ARE LIKE STREETCARS folder.