Opinions and Observations

Before writing my first blog yesterday, I tried to educate myself on this “blogging” phenomenon.

I got the impression that “blogs” fall into some distinct categories.

POLITICAL BLOGGING
These are individual(s) who post blogs with a specific political agenda. While this is acceptable in a free society, these bloggers tend to be one sided and spill their diatribe without giving any equal dissertation to the other side of the political divide. They refuse to encourage any discussion that is against what they consider to be their own political agenda.

RANTS and RAVES
This group of bloggers tend to spill their distaste by any means possible. Because of the annominity of the internet, they are able to do this without any ramifications ….. but wait there are consequences. In this litigious society there are repercussions.

http://www.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/news/lifestyle/story.html?id=c6f2e4ca-fa75-40a4-90b8-25b5900b3eeb

http://www.onedegree.ca/2005/08/30/blogger-sued-over-readers-comments

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070611/blog_lawsuit_070611/20070611?hub=Canada

DAILY ELECTRONIC DIARY
I have never kept a hard cover diary and if I did, I would not want 50, 0000 people to read my personal thoughts. Not that it would have been coherent, but it would be something PRIVATE.
Some bloggers write as if to say they want us (the readers) to read their diary and make comments. Now I am asking myself, what is the reason for this type of blog. Is it because these bloggers need some feedback into their lives to be better human beings or they need to portray themselves as larger than they really are in real life. I am not writing for accolades.

LIFE EXPERIENCES
In my humble opinion, there is a thin line between a “diary” and writing about your own life experiences. In expressing your experiences, you are not only learning from them, but hoping that your mistakes become the tool for others to utilize and avoid. This could take the image of instituting change for the better and having some positive impact on the reader. It is often said “If you say you can’t or you say you can, then you are right”, it becomes a self fulfilling prophecy. The reader may or may not leave any comments, and that is not a prerequisite to reading it in the first place.


The internet has evolved to be a powerful tool and it is available to be utilized to effect change. I have taken the liberty to add some quotes from my years of majoring in English Literature.

Change to end the suffering in Darfur.
He who knows how to appreciate color relationships, the influence of one color on another, their contrasts and dissonances, is promised an infinitely diverse imagery.- Sonia Delaunay

Change for better understanding and acceptance of the different religions, hence reducing the prevalence of terrorists.
Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.
- Robert Louis Stevenson

Change towards establishing peace in the world., thus eliminating war.
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.
- Mahatma Gandhi

Change to understand and have a positive effect on the changing climate that is affecting the planet we call home.
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
- Eleanor Roosevelt

Change to eliminate the poverty that is affecting people in various countries.
Hope is necessary in every condition.
The miseries of poverty, sickness and captivity would,
without this comfort, be insupportable.
--Samuel Johnson