nokitel.co.uk - BITCHFEST

In a bizarre twist today at college the discussion of my website came up that it offended some people. Now, time for some quick lessons in blogging and all that with Prof. Google:

Blogging:
A frequent, chronological publication of personal thoughts and Web links. A blog is often a mixture of what is happening in a person’s life and what is happening on the Web, a kind of hybrid diary/guide site, although there are as many unique types of blogs as there are people. People maintained blogs long before the term was coined, but the trend gained momentum with the introduction of automated published systems, most notably Blogger at blogger.com. …

Blog:
Blog is short for weblog. A weblog is a journal (or newsletter) that is frequently updated and intended for general public consumption. Blogs generally represent the personality of the author or the Web site.

A public web site where users post informal journals of their thoughts, comments, and philosophies, updated frequently and normally reflecting the views of the blog’s creator.

And so that you won’t think that I was biased in selecting those definitions you can find the other 30+ definitions which Google found to read for yourself.

Now I don’t understand what people have in their heads these days. Since when do I have to watch out what I write on MY website? If what I write here offends people or the images that I produce then they should contact me and bitch about it to me. But as far as I am aware that is all sorted, so kind of old news were being brought up today. People need to move on.

My logic is simple in cases like these were I bitch about something or someone (without actually mentioning who I am bitching about) is that if the reader is offended of what he/she just read, then simply click the X in the top right corner of your browser and never come here again.

You don’t like it don’t read it/view it/hear it. Same scenario applies to cars, movies, porn, you name it - you don’t like it, you switch it off, you drive a different car, you don’t listen to people etc etc.

The funny thing I found in the whole discussion was that my writings are “dictating” – as in I offend people and that it isn’t moderated and all that crap. – But hold on a minute, the definition of a blog is “an online journal”, so the only difference between you writing in your book that person XYZ is a cock and me saying that some person I know is a cock WITHOUT MENTIONING NO NAMES is that my bitching is online were millions of people could access it and view it and yours is hidden under your bed.

As the definitions on Google were saying – a blog is somewhere were the author can express its opinions, thoughts and other things. So I just can’t get over the fact that I should watch out what shit I write. Thought this was a free country I was living in?

And for this rant only I am curious to hear your thoughts on this!