Blogs might be the crackhouses of the Internet but Lucian is not a crack-dealer. I do not want to turn you into a blog junkie or, even worse, a Blog Zombie. That is why this site does not have a blog-style 'post a comment' option. Forms that allow such instant responses, when placed in the wrong hands, are the tools of evil, often generating nothing but lies and abuse.
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I can't promise to reply, but I'd be interested to hear if anyone else has felt the same disturbance in the Blogosphere that I have lately, a disturbance caused by those who have, I fear, gone over to the Dark Side of the Blog: those with influence and therefore some measure of power, but who are accountable to no-one and nothing except their own egos and their own sales figures. The treatment on this site is light-hearted, but the issue is serious - not so much 'Who watches the watchmen?' as 'Who watches the bloggers?'
I'd also be interested to hear from those who disagree with me, though, again, I can't promise to reply. (Unfortunately, life is too short to get into extensive correspondence on either side of the argument.) If you do disagree with me, consider this: should the intellectual discourse be controlled by those who shout the loudest or from the highest hill? I believe not, and my site is meant to be a small part of helping people realize this.
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