[Bill,
August 1, 2007]
No dark sarcasm in the classroom ...
Harry comes out against revision of blogging entries, and this time has a code of ethics to back up his point.
Harry's talking about me at one point referring to the person who practices "redaction." I hereby respond by turning over the rest of this entry to 19-year-old Bill:
1. I don't need your stinkin' rules, man. Just because someone wrote up some quasi-fascist policy manual doesn't mean I have to follow it. Man, I'm free as a bird, and that bird will never change. You're not gonna put me in your cyber-cage, dude.
2. We have the power to change these entries. We have the ability. We have the will. So we're gonna use it. You'll take my "delete" key away from me when you pry it out of my cold, dead hands. Anarchy now!
3. Go with it, bro. Don't embrace fear, embrace the change. It's like, man, we've broken through to a new place, and blogging allows us to add a "time" element to print previously unknown to any media except movies and music. How cool is that? It's part of the whole, artistry beauty thing. Don't dream it, be it.
Harry's talking about me at one point referring to the person who practices "redaction." I hereby respond by turning over the rest of this entry to 19-year-old Bill:
1. I don't need your stinkin' rules, man. Just because someone wrote up some quasi-fascist policy manual doesn't mean I have to follow it. Man, I'm free as a bird, and that bird will never change. You're not gonna put me in your cyber-cage, dude.
2. We have the power to change these entries. We have the ability. We have the will. So we're gonna use it. You'll take my "delete" key away from me when you pry it out of my cold, dead hands. Anarchy now!
3. Go with it, bro. Don't embrace fear, embrace the change. It's like, man, we've broken through to a new place, and blogging allows us to add a "time" element to print previously unknown to any media except movies and music. How cool is that? It's part of the whole, artistry beauty thing. Don't dream it, be it.
People don't like being pinned down on the stupid stuff they say. In conversation, its easy to forget what people say, mostly because nobody is really listening anyway.
But writing thoughts down and then posting them publicly--that invites scrutiny, and all that implies.
I'm just kidding. (For those readers who don't know, Eric Blair is George Orwell's real name.)
You make good points.