Ta Ta for now.
When I entered into this class I was anxious to see what I would learn and see. Mostly because the title of the class was War and Peace, and as a sarcastic SOB, I could never imagine a class that could cover a subject so broad, sweeping, and so close to human nature to be anything worth really taking. Was I surprised. While we did not delve into the entire subject, which was good, we did do something much more profound. We started blogs. It was only recently that I made a connection between these blogs and the theme of the class, other than the fact that it was and English class and our prof. was trying something new.
All throughout time men have gone off to war to fight a good fight, or at least a justifiable one. Sometimes people mess up. This war in Iraq has been a troublesome war in the respect that as a nation we went into that county because we believed that it was a threat to our nation because of WMDs. The WMDs were never found and our nation became divided, those who believe we need to get out now, and those who think we need to stay and rebuild the nation of Iraq. A divide that has, as always in democracies has become political and people have lost faith. No one trusts the government, or few do (you know what I mean) and anytime a republican is trashed on TV the response of many is that the media is liberal. Or any time a Democrat gets hit by flake by a news station, it is cracked up as the “Republic Noise Machine.” I find myself everyday wishing for a third party to shake things up. This is where the Blog comes in. Now people have the power to communicate their ideas, without having to go through any other median, what power. Total control as to what they put out there. No editors, or news agendas to worry about, just personal honesty. Not only that but it has become easy for a person to sift through torrents of information at the click of the mouse. The RSS aggregator has made that possible. It is more important than ever to discuss and share ideas about the current war and the future of our nation. And through such technologies people across the nation will finally have a way to share ideas without having to go through someone else’s programs.
We now have the power to grow closer. Communication is the corner stone of democracy. After this class I now intend to keep my own blog. The world will hear my voice, if it is paying attention and I will hear what the world has to say with my RSS.
The internet has become the most influential and most important invention since the printing press, it is already changing the world, and I now intended on doing my part.
Filed by whitepe at April 16th, 2008 under Uncategorized
