from scrappleface.com (2007-04-09) â A draft proposal circulating in the so-called blogosphere would allow family-friendly blogs to sell âcivility offsetsâ to vitriolic bloggers who prefer to pay for ânastiness indulgencesâ rather than to tame their bitter tirades. Advocates say that unlike a proposed âblogger code of conduct,â the new civility offsets will not slash the number of blatant death threats or reduce comparisons between President George Bush and the common chimpanzee, but they may reduce the momentary twinges of guilt experienced by some vicious, vindictive and vitriolic bloggers.