Update: I no longer have moral quandaries about my site advertising. I attempt to get rid of most of the shadier financial service advertisers out there.
Are there Morals in Advertising?
So this one is an interesting question about advertising and where I draw the line. A Pay Day Loan site has approached me to advertise on my finance blog. I am reluctant to accept their money because I think the entire industry is a modern-day version of the Loan Shark (and I have often said that on my site). What is odd is that these folks have read my postings about Pay Day Loans and still want to advertise on my site. They like me to mention them, but not as a specific example in a negative light.
I haven’t said No, to them yet, but I am leaning in that direction. Loved ones had to deal (in their day) with some shady lenders to buy their house, and the stories they tell make me think there is no way I can morally take this money and be able to sleep well at night.
I’ll post my decision, but I don’t think I am that hungry for money or morally bankrupt to compromise my views just for a buck (after all, if I’d wanted to do that, I would have become a Lawyer like my mother thought I should).
Epilogue: At the end of it, I said, “Shove off you blood-sucking scum, so no worries there.”