Weblogger's Day
According to blogsphere, it's the 4th Annual International Weblogger's Day! This year, the theme is "solidarity." Questions asked are:
It's very easy to write words to inflame anger in others. Yet, seeing words that bring forth realizations of a collective humanity gives me hope that we will be able to put the smack down on the inflammatory words and lead to more encouraging ones instead.
I'm attempting to save time to actually read the international law blogs to which I subscribe along with those of my friends while balancing studying for the bar, but I still haven't quite found the extra push to really start making strides as an international blogger.
Even if my participation may be more passive reader (especially in the next six weeks of personal hell), with what I see in the blogs of others, I believe that some of the questions and goals can be answered and positively accomplished.
How can bloggers get together to overcome some of the problems we face in the real world? Can we police acts of hate, intimidation, and sexual violence with what we write? Or do bloggers only inflame what otherwise would be unknown?
It's very easy to write words to inflame anger in others. Yet, seeing words that bring forth realizations of a collective humanity gives me hope that we will be able to put the smack down on the inflammatory words and lead to more encouraging ones instead.
I'm attempting to save time to actually read the international law blogs to which I subscribe along with those of my friends while balancing studying for the bar, but I still haven't quite found the extra push to really start making strides as an international blogger.
Even if my participation may be more passive reader (especially in the next six weeks of personal hell), with what I see in the blogs of others, I believe that some of the questions and goals can be answered and positively accomplished.
posted by Victoria | 3:32 PM
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