Mea culpa.
I got a call on my cell phone today from my mother in Houston wanting to know if I was OK. It seems like she noticed a drop-off in blogging over the past week and she was concerned that I was feeling under the weather.
I assured her that I was feeling just fine, and that I really didn't have much to say.
Her response: "That doesn't seem to stop other bloggers from blogging..."
Actually, I started a posting a few days ago and deleted it before I hit the "publish" button. It concerned a 17 year old girl who was, in turn, accused of having a child 4 months ago and having her mother claim it as her own. When that was shown to be demonstrably false, it then turned out that she was, indeed, 5 months pregnant, and the press had a field day. A 17 year old girl who had been facing the consequences of her choices in the context of a loving family and small community was now a nationwide object of scorn and ridicule. This speaks most eloquently regarding the character of those in the media and political realm who feel a young girl is expendable when there is an election to be won. And people wonder why I dread years evenly divisible by 4....
OK. I got that off my chest.
And I hope this is the last time I stick my nose into the stench of politics.
3 comments:
"Her response: "That doesn't seem to stop other bloggers from blogging...""
Certainly hasn't stopped me! :-)
Actually, Mike -- The blogs I tend to read the most are the ones which have the highest signal to noise ratio. And that would include yours...
Interesting reead
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