Has the world of blogging
ever got you slightly frustrated as you try to encourage a few visitors to stop
by and go Oooooooo I might read this from time to time and make the odd chirpy
comment? As we all do our best to increase the profile of our blog among the
200 to 300 million other blogs around the world. Well I would be lying if I
said that every now and again I do question the point of it all and what I am
doing, Lets face it mine is a bit of a quirky blog and of acquired taste,
much like myself really. And the world of blogging seems to be rather quiet at
present (or it is for me).
I have to say I don’t
think I am the only one who has these little moments when I question my
reasoning for doing this after all I am not someone who is trying to make an
honest crust out of my blog so the incentive of loads of money is not one I am
pursuing (much). So should I give it all up and return to the real world full
time to make more arty things and give up all this writing into the black voids
of cyberspace. . . . . . . .Well NO.
YES the answer is NO and
here is why, you see us folk in the decadent West who are moderately well off
such as myself (OK it does not always feel like that but the truth is I have a
fairly pleasant and chilled life) have the choice to have a blog. We also have
the choice to blog about most issues we choose. Yes I think if I was telling
you all to up rise and attack sheep with AK47’s and then tell you all how to
make a nice bomb several chaps in suits would batter my door down and ask me
questions. You see one of the great
paradoxes of free speech is that in order to maintain the values of free speech
you need to act against those who are against free speech. They in turn then
say they are being suppressed and that our society does not allow free speech
because they are not allowed to put forward their views against free
speech. It is all very complex indeed.
In some countries bloggers
have died because of their views and in many cases the views they are
supporting and blogging about are moderate such as Women’s rights,
Equality for all or the right to have a different religious or political views
to that of the majority or the state. These bloggers are brave indeed and the
minor concerns of some of us in the West that our blog is not as popular as we
might have hoped may seem a little trivial to them. So I
will do my bit for free speech even if its mainly gibberish that almost no one
reads or cares about and carry on blogging and point two fingers up at all
those who think that only their views are right. Once you think that only your own views are
right then you know for sure that you are wrong, . . . and I know that is right.
How very well put Rob.
ReplyDeleteI have often had the same thoughts about carrying on with my little corner of the internet and your words have resonated with me.
I don't write for money, I do it to stay out of trouble with the wife (even though she has just told me off for typing too loud...is that even possible???)
anyway...
Your words have spoken to me and I will join you quest to fly the flag of free speech, talking gibberish and maybe... just maybe.... solving all the worlds problems (the law of averages state that we will find the answers if we write enough words)...... now, where did I put that infinite amount of monkeys?
One day I will stop and I probably will slow up a great deal first, but while I can I will try and keep my blog active. As an ordinary if old and grumpy chap from a fairly ordinary working class background who has a quiet middle class lifestyle I need to do my bit and say to all those extremists who see folk like me as evil
DeleteWe are all the same and should be equal and treat each other with respect and dignity.
If folk cant think like that because of their beliefs or their God then I know which one of us will be meeting God one day and asking him . . . . .Well what exactly was that all about then?
Keep up the good work Mr H
Hear hear Mr Z. I too have been plagued by doubts as to whether to carry on boring the nation (okay, the 6 that read on a regular basis) or not, but your words have struck a chord. Not sure if it's a C minor or a D. Nonetheless, I shall continue on with my torture of the masses (6) and it will be all your fault.
ReplyDeleteYes sorry about that Miss Lily but what is even worse is that I cant give up myself now for a few days at least until folk forget. Luckily we live in a world where a week in cyberspace is equal to at least three years in the real word.
DeleteOne of the problems of cyberspace is it can be hard to work out truth from fiction, when we all know the only real truth in cyberspace is me (AH DAMN that might be a lie)
Oooooooo
ReplyDeleteIf anyone can put a dent or a decade in decadent, it will be you.
DeleteYou are very kind Mr ESB, Once I master typing spelling reading and writing I will hit cyberspace like a seagull chasing a bag of fresh chips from the chip shop.
DeleteI think it was Seattle at an outdoor restaurant in autumn of 2009 is where I fed seagulls. So that would be Seagulltle. My son was living near there at that time.
DeleteThey are brave beasts when it comes to food,
DeleteSo the voluminous series of fart jokes I make are contributing to free speech somehow? Sweet. Because, if I took in the rest of your post, I'd have to come away with the conclusion that what I'm blogging about should be first created with a typewriter then put into a pile to be burned then have a stray dog urinate on the ashes. That's how I feel about my writing, particularly when compared with those who are risking their lives to express themselves.
ReplyDeleteMe thinks you are doing yourself an injustice P Von P. You keep doing your bit. . . it is not so much about contributing to free speech. . . As embracing the values that free speech gives us and not taking it for granted.
DeleteAnd anyway if your blog was just a lot of fart jokes then I would not have it on my little list of blogs I follow. . .