in the blogosphere

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I just do not want to think that anything I write here can be used against me as evidence in the court of law. Take the case of Mr Chua Cheng Zhan . He purportedly made racist remarks on his blog and was censured by Public Service Commission (PSC). Some even had the gall to suggest that he lose his scholarship for his remarks.

In PSC's statement they had this to say:

'We would like to take this opportunity to remind all PSC scholars to
conduct themselves in a manner becoming of holders of a PSC scholarship at all times.'

I know what he did was wrong but please aren't we over-reacting a little here? You think it is justified to ruin a guy's future for something he wrote on his blog?

here is Mr Miyagi's solution to avoid litigation:


Call it going back to old-school. Works better than firewalls. Just do not forget to make a way to leave comments.

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Another thing is how blogging has suddenly become 'mainstream' with the media going head over heels over this new 'phenomenon'. Suddenly bloggers are celebrities and have columns in newspapers, endorsement deals and the newspapers and tv station feature stuff on blogs.

*sigh*

Blogs are basically online diaries. We speak about stuff that matters to us, the blogger. It is not meant for mass consumption. Of course we all want more eyes and hits, but surely part of the appeal of blogging is how you can say what you want when you want to without having to cater to a mass audience or to be censured for making politically-incorrect statements.

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With the advent of blogging into mainstream consciousness comes spamming blog style!
Now enterprising enterpreneurs(is there any other kind?) have harnessed blogs for their advertising needs. Anything and everything under the sun is hawked from blogs much like this one. Who woulda thunk? What next? viruses, trojans and spyware spread via blogs?