Shallow Waters
The beauty of blogging is in it’s diversity, irreverance, honesty and accessibility. It is a new art form that is only beginning to crawl from the cradle of keyboards the world over. Whether they are written from a humourous point of view, a sarcastic one, or an informative one, the fact that voices from around the blogosphere have instant publishing capabilities is fascinating.
Freedom of thought and expression is wonderful to see and to read. Although the quality of the writing varies, as do the topics, each voice has a place in the chaotic choir that is the web, and regardless of the grammar and punctuation, the sentence structure, or the spelling, to criticize the blogging art form is an attempt to crush the free exchange of ideas. It is a shallow and petty pursuit.
A psuedo-intellectual columnist from the Irish Times, and "That’s Ireland’s" pick for "Eejit of the Year 2007", John Waters is just the kind of shallow and petty pundit who would consider blogger bashing, if only to get the spotlight to shine on himself for a time, something that his writing usually fails to do. No word wizard himself, his frequent dicacious diatribes demeaning blogs and bloggers in particular, and the internet in general, is in character coming from this bellicose bellows. It is without a doubt a farcical attempt at free publicity.
Journalists of every ilk and order have never before been so open to criticism and commentary. Some can take it, some can not. No longer are the readers limited to the small spaces of the Letters to the Editor page for their expressions of congratulations or contempt. Blogging has arrived.
Blog On!
- Culture, Caoimhin, Irish Culture, Irish Politics, Kerry, Honesty, misc, All posts, Techie, Web/Tech | Time: 11:56 pm (UTC+8)
Beautifully written piece! Caoimhin
Now I know why I’m so totally gripped by blogging. It’s the freedom!
Grandad over at ‘Headrambles’ had some interesting stuff to say about your Irish Times columnist today.
btw I’ve had great difficulty tonight trying to get your comment set-up to work?
Comment by steph — January 17, 2008 @ 10:42 pm
Thanks Steph! I don’t know what the problem is with the comments section, I never use it myself; but, others have mentioned it before also. I will have to look into it, thanks.
Comment by Administrator — January 18, 2008 @ 9:56 am
Caoimhin, I have by pure chance have been running into satiricle Blogs, from Ireland. I see a lot of these are poking fun at media such as journalism and entertainment. Is this a new trend in Blogging, the rebellion?
Comment by chris — January 24, 2008 @ 4:00 am
Hi Chris, I don’t know about a blogging trend; but, Ireland is full of satire, especially for those who choose to expose themselves to ridicule by going public with nonsensical statements as this fella has. All in good fun mind you!
Comment by Administrator — January 24, 2008 @ 11:56 am
Some great points, It’s a unique time in all history for you & I or anyone else to instantly pass our thoughts to someone in China, Russia or Brazil in real time.
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Comment by Don Andrews — January 29, 2008 @ 12:21 am
Unique is right Don, well said!
Comment by Administrator — January 29, 2008 @ 12:45 am
It is all new to me. just been doing it a month now but I like to share my opinion. Thanks for reading.
Comment by Alien Trucker — January 29, 2008 @ 5:35 pm
Blogging is the new diaries. The open kind.
Thanks for the kind words of encouragement.
Nice stuff.
Comment by Alien Trucker — January 29, 2008 @ 5:40 pm
Thanks for dropping by Alien, and welcome to the Blogosphere!
Comment by Administrator — January 29, 2008 @ 5:59 pm
I really enjoyed reading a few blogs of yours. I especially liked this one; not only the way you phrased your opinion and presented it here, but how you VIEW blogging! Very nice!
Comment by Kimba The White Lioness — January 31, 2008 @ 11:11 am
Thank you very much Kimba! Getting a comment like yours makes it all worth while!
Comment by Administrator — January 31, 2008 @ 12:48 pm