Comments on: Danger: blogs http://williamtozier.com/slurry/2005/10/31/danger-blogs Pontification without all the gritty gravitas Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:12:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Bill http://williamtozier.com/slurry/2005/10/31/danger-blogs#comment-170 Bill Mon, 31 Oct 2005 15:36:00 +0000 http://williamtozier.com/slurry/?p=164#comment-170 The interesting thing to me is the implication of the thread that goes, "Old-fashioned censorship and intimidation may have to do...." When I tell a friend over coffee, "Proctor & Gamble products kill ponies, and threaten explode the Sun", I'm within my rights. When I publish a book that says that, I'm also within my rights, isn't it? It points out the kind of gray area that's <i>really really dark gray, and really really light gray</i> to imply that blogging is threatened by being constrained in this way. The interesting thing to me is the implication of the thread that goes, “Old-fashioned censorship and intimidation may have to do….”

When I tell a friend over coffee, “Proctor & Gamble products kill ponies, and threaten explode the Sun”, I’m within my rights. When I publish a book that says that, I’m also within my rights, isn’t it? It points out the kind of gray area that’s really really dark gray, and really really light gray to imply that blogging is threatened by being constrained in this way.

]]> By: Joseph j7uy5 http://williamtozier.com/slurry/2005/10/31/danger-blogs#comment-169 Joseph j7uy5 Mon, 31 Oct 2005 13:09:47 +0000 http://williamtozier.com/slurry/?p=164#comment-169 Nice to know we have at least a little bit of power. I wonder if they (corporations) also comb the web looking for suggestions on how to be more socially responsible. Nice to know we have at least a little bit of power. I wonder if they (corporations) also comb the web looking for suggestions on how to be more socially responsible.

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