No? Yes?

A substantial 66% of bloggers (and non-bloggers too,probably) voted “no”. No to a code of conduct to be followed by hundred thousand of bloggers all over the world. The issue obviously rose as an answer to the problem of internet vandalism. Where a whopping 100,000 of people sign up to blog on the net everyday, a certain percentage use (or misuse) this medium of expression as a weapon to launch personal attacks on other people. Millions of these blogs form a part of the porn and warez community making it offensive to a certain section of society, many give out false reports, news and facts. The ease of attaining anonymity on the internet makes it easier for people to conduct such corrosive (according to some….) actions. The Code has been proposed by Tim O’Rielly, an internet publisher, and Jimmy Wales, the owner of Wikipedia.

Cool. There goes freedom of expression. Well, did we expect anything else. Why are people afraid of losing control? Why is there such a need of monitoring every action, every soul on the face of this earth? When did we allow this to happen? When did I allow myself to be monitored by someone I don’t even know? Do I want a balding internet administrator reading through my blog and censoring me? Why is it that what I say have to be edited before someone else hears it (or in this matter, read it…)??

Censorship never worked in the past. It doesn’t work today, television and tinsel towns notwithstanding. What makes some people think that it is going to work today?
I can go up to some bitch and scream at her face venting all my anger and frustration on her….what makes a blog any different?? Books, mags, journals and more importantly newspapers launch personal attacks, false facts and improper material every living day. So is this code going to be applied in those cases too? What do they want us to write….fairytales, cricket scores and updates on fashion weeks??

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P.S. :- Anonymous comments welcome….’coz in case I don’t like ‘em, your safe…’coz I wont know who you are……