To Advertise or Not to Advertise...

I've been glancing over the settings for this site and found that I can sign up for the Google Adsense program. Apparently, with the click of a few buttons I can begin creating income for myself by displaying ads served up through this revered program. This places me in quite the quandry.

I personally hate ads when surfing the web. I've even gone so far as to edit the hosts file on my computer to redirect revolving ad sites to a bogus address so that I either get a blank space or possible a page can't be displayed message. This is infinitely preferable to some screaming Flash animation informing me how I can set up secret sex spy cameras or consolidate my mortgage in such a way as to actually generate income and increase the size of my manhood all at the same time. A bold claim to be sure, that latter one. Unfortunately, it doesn't work. I mean, I have a friend that was disappointed with the results...

So, the question I ask myself now is, is it worth the price of my moral convictions in order to become a paid writer, albeit only pennies at a time for pages views on a blog that most certainly will never become the hub or home page of anyone? Of all the ads I run across, the Adsense ones are the least offensive. Composed only with text, there's no flashy colors, blinking text, or obscene graphics to scar the psyches of old and young alike. I've heard it's cool to sell out for the most part but then I've never had the opportunity to sell out so how would I know until I've already done it? Once I step from the precipice, can I claw my way back again? Will my morality spiral down into the morass of mortgage consolidations and fantastically generous online gambling locations?

I sure hope not. Be sure to click on an Ad Link!