Homework uncovered. *winks*

Magical Tales are awed because of eloquent words. Dictatorial Speeches are feared because of powerful expressions. Journalistic articles are looked up by amateurs because of explicit and accurate information. But no one can deny that in this century, much of this intricate world is already composed of inappropriate imitations, vulgarities, and recklessness – through the alleys of cyberspace.

I am but another victim of the pleasures within this realm of damnation. I am one of those ‘bloggers’ stated in the article of William Deitrich entitled, ‘Are Journalists the 21st Century Buggy Whip Makers?’ . I am also one of the many youth who are addicted to friendster.com or myspace.com. And with these, I have my own e-mail, too. I have known prominent-named aspiring journalists or bloggers within the dimensions of the internet. I was greatly astonished with the superficial blog entries made by (*censored*) way back when I was in third year high school especially that he is a year younger than me. And with that, I was out to prove that I can be just like him; that I will be able to touch people from different parts of this planet.But later on, because of frequent viewing of his page, I was able to find out that he posts a lot of entries regarding his being an atheist. Those made me feel bad because I was respecting one person whose values aren’t parallel with mine. It’s actually rude and classless for him to indicate that he is proud to be an atheist. Does that mean that he wants to carry the people who are his avid readers to the kind of belief that he has and persuade them to be like him? Because I was able to learn from him, I already have my own blogsite. I choose to produce lighter entries which cover my everyday stories and sometimes, I also rant. Unfortunately, because I was overwhelmed that I can have my freedom of speech in my own page, one mild rant made me experience a big fight with one of my closest friends.

It’s already a trend, whether we condemn the fact or not. However, considering that anyone can bring impact and be famous to thousands of people all throughout the world in just one mouse click can be a big defeat for journalists who are striving so hard to produce balanced articles every day. When you’re out in the real world, you’ll meet newspapers, magazines and the like in news stands inside convenience stores. You’ll probably notice the bylines of journalists printed within their published articles. This only assures readers that they are licensed to answer back also, through e-mail or through conventional mailing – which is much more private. When you’re inside the cyberspace, the narrowness, insensitivity and crudeness among bloggers are highlighted by readers. Yes, the old mechanisms of media’s checks and balances are still in place. Readers in the cyberspace, because of the fear of libel cases, sign under anonymity. That very thing could pull those bloggers down just like a total harassment with the hundreds and thousands of attacks of readers through the person as a whole, not considering the person as what he/she is with the written product he/she produces. With that, journalists should worry no more. They are much more appreciated and noticed by many, even though not merely the whole from this humanity.

I am actually tired living in this realm of damnation, or the cyberspace, which occupies me so much. This is something rotten and the smell of cyberspace is über-hallucinating. I should be out of here. I should love my own world first.