Wow, I didn't even realise it's been almost 5 days since I last posted anything. My last entry seemed as if it was made just yesterday! I know it sounds cliche, but time in RI really flies by.

So many things happened this week. Some not too pleasant at all. But it does seem that the hot topic on many people's minds is this idea of the privacy of blogs. From the incidents involving the scholars to things happening in our own school, there seems to be this atmosphere of paranoia filling the air. Then there's this hue and cry over how blogs are private space and that we should be allowed to say whatever we want on the blogs. To those people who hold on this delusion of blogs being private space, I just want to say, if you want it to be private, keep a good old diary under lock and key. The minute you post your blog online, it really pretty much becomes public domain. I mean, why on earth do you blog in the first place? It's pretty much the chance to let others know how you feel about things. Where's the privacy in that? So, the minute we post something on a blog, we're making our thoughts and feelings available to the whole internet community. When I last checked, I think it includes everyone who has an internet connection, friends, strangers, relatives, parents, teachers, etc, etc.

The other thing is, just as you might have the 'freedom' to air your thoughts, people who read your blog will pretty much have the 'freedom' to act on what they have read. You can't deny that freedom to others.

The thing is, I get a sense that there are basically two responses that are coming from two groups of people. The first group are those who simply blog about their thoughts about things, funny anecdotes, interesting observations, etc. People who maintain these blogs aren't really bothered by what has been happening and their blogs are alive and well. The second group are those who blog to complain about life, about people and include plenty of stuff that they would never in their life say to another person, face to face. It's this group of people who are crying foul over how their 'privacy' has been invaded. Like I said earlier, maybe this group needs to realize that blogs are open to the public. They want privacy, start a pen and paper diary.

In the end (I was saying this to someone else) I think the term 'private blog' is an oxymoron. So if you can't deal with it, find some other ways to capture your private thoughts.