7.07.2008
Pet Peeve #2
I spend a lot of time at my desk at work. To kill the monotony, I surf the web and try to keep up with the latest news around the world. I've discovered that I'm particularly bothered by the ability to leave comments on news stories. I like to read the straight news. I don't want to know what Joe Smith thinks about about the garbage crisis in Naples, Italy. Our society lives by hair-trigger responses and news agencies are feeding our desires to give our two cents ON EVERYTHING. That's why we created blogs, right? We have a controlled venue for our family and friends to keep up with our random thoughts and not-so-random daily activities. Why would I want to leave my opinion open to potential criticism and heartburn by perfect strangers?
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The comments section of our local paper is so horrible. Everyone leaves terribly racist comments...it exposes all the worst of this town. (But it proves that element is out there...many people would like to believe it's not anymore!)
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