are blogs the devil?
well, it's saturday morning and i'm at school. the principal decided not to schedule in any snow days this year, but rather make them up on saturdays. almost no kids show up to these days, so i'd rather come in for a few hours on a saturday than have to come in a couple extra days at the end of the school year. tiffany heartily disagrees.
on another note, i'm still not sure about blogging. i could compare this situation to eating meat or going to wendy's. i do it sometimes (well, eating meat frequently, but it's rare that i eat fast food), but there's always inner turmoil. "ryan, you realize what kind of industry you're supporting, don't you?" "ryan, why are you so weak willed?" "ryan, you know what those slaughter-houses are like, right?" "ryan, God didn't tell you to 'rise up, kill and eat.'" "ryan, Jesus hates you." blogging conjures up similar kinds of feelings.
blogs encourage everyone to spend more time on their computers...more time away from people and nature. also, as phil has pointed out, often people have this ridiculous idea that they are really connecting with you by reading your blog. or they think they can actually "stay in touch" with you by going to your website. it's a sad lie that destroys countless families and communities.
on the other hand, someone might say, "but what about people that can't see you? isn't it a good way for them to stay in touch, even if on a meager, sub-human level?" i suppose. but it seems to add to the overall sense that it doesn't matter how close you are to me because technology will magically keep us connected. do i want to add to that sense by allowing people to read my blog and feel like they're "in touch" with me? am i not encouraging the lie to continue by keeping up this blog? and even if i'm not encouraging it, i'm certainly not raging against it, right? i don't know.
i miss my family and my friends.
on another note, i'm still not sure about blogging. i could compare this situation to eating meat or going to wendy's. i do it sometimes (well, eating meat frequently, but it's rare that i eat fast food), but there's always inner turmoil. "ryan, you realize what kind of industry you're supporting, don't you?" "ryan, why are you so weak willed?" "ryan, you know what those slaughter-houses are like, right?" "ryan, God didn't tell you to 'rise up, kill and eat.'" "ryan, Jesus hates you." blogging conjures up similar kinds of feelings.
blogs encourage everyone to spend more time on their computers...more time away from people and nature. also, as phil has pointed out, often people have this ridiculous idea that they are really connecting with you by reading your blog. or they think they can actually "stay in touch" with you by going to your website. it's a sad lie that destroys countless families and communities.
on the other hand, someone might say, "but what about people that can't see you? isn't it a good way for them to stay in touch, even if on a meager, sub-human level?" i suppose. but it seems to add to the overall sense that it doesn't matter how close you are to me because technology will magically keep us connected. do i want to add to that sense by allowing people to read my blog and feel like they're "in touch" with me? am i not encouraging the lie to continue by keeping up this blog? and even if i'm not encouraging it, i'm certainly not raging against it, right? i don't know.
i miss my family and my friends.
man this is better than seeing you!
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April 10, 2006 4:04 PM