You're a mong, friends

Manic must confess; he has been losing sleep... but not over naked images of Glenn Close or even feisty young Page 3 girls.

No, what causes Manic to fret late at night is the little things in life that make you weep for humanity.

Just one small example:

Manic noticed that Guido recently mocked Bob Piper for apologising for his use of the word 'anonymong'. Earlier, he even attempted to claim copyright for the term (Guido and his friends are big fans of copyright law) and in both cases, Guido allowed repeated use of the hyper-pure word 'mong' in comments.

Now, the word is acceptable in some online communities, where it is used in a knowing post-modern sense, when there are few bystanders and as it is unlikely that offence will be taken... but before using the word - even in these conditions - you should at the very least have the common sense to ask yourself one of the following questions (your choice depending on if you have a fucking heart or not):

- Is it likely that someone who might have good cause to be sensitive to the use of this term will read it and take offence?

- Is it likely that someone who might have good cause to be sensitive to the use of this term and is closely associated with the community will read it and take offence?

- Is it likely that someone who might have good cause to be sensitive to the use of this term, is closely associated with the community and can seriously fuck with you will read it and take offence?

Manic now wishes to move on to an entirely unrelated matter; he has noticed that David Cameron's Webcameron site links to The Old Guido in the blogroll.

Manic suspects that Dave has done this purely to gain street-cred and boost his traffic.

Regardless, Manic chooses to give him the benefit of the doubt and include him on his bogroll.

Manic has spoken. End communication.