Another One Who Bit The Dust

Michelle Cofield Francis sent a message on Facebook. Michelle was Administrative assistant to Bob Panizza for twelve years and wishes to be added to the list of departees from the Mormac regime.

There it is.

Conversation about how to deport ourselves on Blog are a good thing. I think Blogs will have an impact on current acceptable standards of written dialogue. New standards will be established.

First time I logged into Facebook, the language horrified me. Look who is logging in now or more to the point, who isn't?

Even dictionaries change nowadays. As a word becomes common usage, it appears in an
updated dictionary. Dictionaries used to be static. Not any more.Of course, spoken language has always been fluid.

Language used in stand-up comedy on television is hair-raising. It's obviously used for shock value. It's not funny. It offends me.

But, there it is.

Tiger Woods is famous for excellence in the game of golf. Sponsors are testing reaction to his moral behaviour. We have to listen to his mea culpas, ad nauseum, as he tries to repair his image. But people apparently want to watch his prowess with the little white ball on the fairway and the green.And why not? Since when are commercial advertisers the arbiters of moral conduct.

Blogs are new. They are destined to evolve. It will take more time for the full effect to be established.

They do represent more than a writing exercise. It's not just about news. It's about people sharing thoughts , ideas and feelings on an instantaneous basis. What can be wrong about that?

We should be able to do it without without fear or favour.

How people express themselves should be of secondary importance to having the freedom and an outlet to do so.

I'm working this out in my mind as I write it.

Feel free.