This author is currently on hiatus for the ignoble cause of mugging. The public is advised to remain calm, as this routine protocol has been shown to have no effect on one's violent tendencies in 96% of cases.
| Tuesday, August 15, 2006 |
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We (the whole class) had a counselling session with Mr Edmund Teo and Ms Letchmi today over the recent conflict between Bing and Qi En, and one of the issues raised was about blogging. Not surprising, especially since the whole thing started from a couple of blog posts, and then it escalated. Won't comment about that part though. What i will talk about today is the limits of blogging. We were advised to not post inflammatory comments in our blogs. We were told it was okay if they were just our private thoughts - for we are, after all, entitled to our own views - and we were free to put them in a private diary, or just keep them in your head. But if we posted them on blogs, our responsibilty would become much greater, for blogs are accessible to the public. Locking your blog won't help much either, because "there are ways to get around it" and there are people who will do just that. (However, this contrasts with what KC told us, that is: that if you lock your blog, it becomes something like a private space becos it wont be accessible to the general public. if someone hacks in and sees salnderous msgs, he cannot hold it against you becos he is not supposed to be see it in the first place.) Finally, the conclusion: You should not post about others on your blog, for that might bring about feelings of unhappiness and hurt. You should also not post about yourself on your blog, for the info can be used against you. In that case, what else is there to blog about? Cannot blog about other ppl, else get into trouble for slander. Cannot blog about yourself, else get yourself into trouble. Cannot blog about teachers, else PTG sure die le. Cannot blog about school (esp about AJC), or else will tarnish school reputation and increase chances of being expelled. Cannot blog about gahmen, else mata come raid your home and arrest you. Cannot blog about other countries, else Mr. Abdullah Badawi come suan you. So how?? Would anyone like to listen about me blogging about my pet stone? Oh wait, sorry, I forgot i don't have a pet... If blogging is really like a sea of sharks, I'm pretty surprised that Blogger© can be that successful, even up till now. |
'Twas teh winnar at 4:08 pm.
