Sunday, October 30, 2005

::We have no rights to blog anymore.

So this person got sued for bitching about teachers on their blog.

So....can we still blog about anything we like?

Despite what people say, a blog is not an online diary.
Diaries are private. Blogs are not.
If you run a blog, you are like a reporter.
When a newspaper reports irresponsibly, people object to it cause well, it's irresponsible to the readers.
You yourself also have a duty to be responsible to your readers.

Why are these laws around? Goverment wants to control us? It's because some people who have blogs dunno when to keep their mouths shut.
Give some people a bit of freedom and they take it to the limit.
Then its not surprising that soon, no one has that bit of freedom anymore.

Argue about freedom all you like but remember with freedom comes responsibility.
Give people absolute freedom and stuff all turns out screwed.
True, freedom does gives you a lot of power.
Problem is, how many people can control power?

I'm not some government worshipper. I do take offence at certain things that they do which I shall not mention here cause I don't have the $$$ to get sued. (ok la, for example the banning of the gay websites)
But someone bitching about someone's teacher is not a good reason to start a debate about.
Why do you want freedom to blog about what you like?
So that you can bitch and make damaging comments about someone and go scot-free?
Why don't we take it a step further?
So that others can make racist and extremist remarks and go scot-free?

Self-restraint, people.
Be responsible.