Bloggers are ignorant?

A librarian in Alaska writing in the local paper slammed bloggers as ignorant. Who the hell does he think he is in some safe local paper slamming something he obviously knows nothing about?

I agree some, perhaps most, blogs are just trivial rants. But, that was the true purpose of the internet when it was given to the educational institutes of the world. It was to be a place where we could exchange information and thoughts. Not a place to sell us a product like the commercial entertainment network (read television). Now granted, some blogs might be ignorant. But, ignorance is an objective view. And a lot of literature that was condemned as ignorant has gone on to be classical. Personally I would much rather read someone's "ignorant rant" than watch 60 minutes of crass commercialism mixed with some fantasy pretending to be reality on the tube!

And on that subject, all programs that used to be 30 minutes are all now 60 minutes. Ever wonder why? Simple, by the time you add the commercial content you don't have enough time in 30 minutes to tell even a plausable story!

So, keep on blogging. Even if you are called ignorant (which someone is probably calling me right now) you at least have the balls to put your thoughts out there for everyone...

In case you too want to comment directly to the perp that started this here is a quote from the article
"Greg Hill, a director of Fairbanks North Star Borough libraries, Alaska, has shared his views on bloggers in a piece in the local rag, the News-Miner"

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