Give Us a Break?
By: admin
Maybe this is like those 4 Things About Me memes that tend to sprout, bloom and then die quickly, but I haven’t seen too many initiatives like the campaign calling for a blogging Day of Silence on Monday in honor of those lost in the Virginia Tech shootings and victims of violence worldwide.
Outreach is one thing, and there seem to be a lot of personal blogs spreading the word of this pending demonstration of solidarity in this Web community. But there also have been some questioning the gains from leaving Monday’s post for another day. So I’m curious, especially for those of you with financial or business obligations tied to your blogs – are you going to keep quiet and just enjoy what appears to be a community-sanctioned break from blogging? Or will you ignore it, and if so why?
–Anne
April 27th, 2007 at 8:57 am
No, I don’t plan on not blogging on Monday. I don’t think it serves a purpose to be silent; what we need is communication, not silence, about tragic occurrences.
April 27th, 2007 at 11:32 am
I’ll do it as soon as we have a week of silence for the 3,000+ American “students” that have died in Iraq, serving their country.
While my thoughts are with the parents of the VT students, the actual size of this tragedy has been completely overblown in both the physical and virtual media.
Shit happens. Sometimes, really bad shit happens.
April 27th, 2007 at 12:46 pm
Hmmm. Nice sentiment, but probably not a feasible idea. As a once daily podcaster, I think I would still podcast on that particular day. Although, time doesn’t permit me to podcast every day anymore. I don’t think silence is what we need to remember or honor those lost souls. More like action.
And I agree there are thousands of others who’ve lost their lives…for nothing. Tens of thousands of Iraqis have. The mainstream media needs to back off and let that community heal.But the bloggitysphere? I don’t think so.
May 8th, 2007 at 1:36 pm
Um…I just didn’t blog that day.
But NOW I have a purpose, instead of mental laziness!