The weekend, however, was a different story entirely. I was bed ridden, grumpy and generally ill tempered. And, I tell you what didn't help me, was trolling around the internet and spending far too much time familiarising myself with my fellow man.
Now a lot of the blogs I read, I love. Some that I discover, I just tut tut, sigh, yawn and click onwards. But, this weekend, I learned me a somethin'... there are blog WARS! Forget the Congo, forget Iraq, forget Afghanistan...you can have your fill of grief and horror right here on the interweb of doom.
I think that I prefer my fairy floss view of blogging. Live and let live, man. If you have differing views, cool. Debate, engage, watch fascinated from a distance the way people slow down after a car accident, but to seemingly dedicate your life to the destruction of an electronic entity...holy bejesus that is scarier than Sarah Palin. Well not quite, but I dig dramatic effect.
I feel stripped of my innocence.
But I ain't gonna let it get me down. I can't, the revolution is coming.
7 comments:
I am grateful not to be exposed to such blog wars - I think it would take something away from the whole thing for me - I rather like the live and let live way.
Glad your feeling better!
Cat
:)
They're not much fun, blogwars.
I guess I've got used to it like soldiers in the trenches did.
And like them, I hope one day the guns stop firing.
It's not what blogging should be about.
you and crushed are right - it is not what blogging should be like BUT it is - its just like in the real world there are some argumentative, hostile and sneaky people. I have written on my blog about all that bullshit too and it does make you feel horrible reading it.
i was quite shocked by some of the comments i've seen on some of the blogs i read, comments that are just plain nasty and completely uncalled for.
the mind boggles.
i did see the stuff about crushed, but i like to make my own mind up about a person.
Cat: Thanks love :) Live and let live is the way to go.
Crushed: I don't really want to get involved in the disputes you've had. I don't agree with you. But, hey, it's your life and you are free to live it how you choose : )
SK: I don't like how it made me feel either. And you are exactly right, there are nasty types everywhere.
TP: It's odd isn't it? And I completely agree, everyone should look at a situation in an unbiased way and make their own mind up.
I try to steer clear of them myself, but sometimes I have to take a stand (like the tool that was messing with Kimba a while back), because I won't sit idly by when someone attacks people I care about. And yes, it's just like life... sadly.
Amen to that.
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