Weblogs and privacy

There is debate about whether news organizations should publish URLs to weblogs of suspects and victims of this case. My take is that any information online and available publicly is fair game. Among their many other investigation tools, the media can use Internet search engines just as easily as their audience can.

I know I’ve written some stupid stuff on my own weblog. People may not approve of some of it, and that’s fine. I would rather post what I’m thinking and have an honest conversation with my readers rather than put up a front. I have opinions, some of which are not shared by many others. That’s fine by me. By being honest in my writing, I have brought others around to my way of thinking. Topics which can’t easily be discussed in weblogs and forums can be discussed with a great deal of freedom in weblogs and online forums. And sometimes one finds agreement from unexpected corners.

We are all more alike than we care to admit. Weblogs help to emphasize that point.

I also know enough not to post everything. Some things are still nobody’s business.

So thanks for reading, all fourteen of you. I hope to make your time spent here worthwhile.