Jeg kjenner lite til Oslo. Derfor leste jeg følgende websted (som opprinnelig var som en weboppgave for lærere) med stor interesse og fikk et glimt av "tigerstadens" mer folkelige side. Det er noe ved å oppdage hvordan det var en gang i tiden, noe med hva som trakk mennesker til et sted i utgangspunktet, noe med hvordan dagens travle, forurensede, bråkete by egentlig begynte som aldri slutter å fascinere meg. Å oppdage historien forteller mye om hvorfor folk kan bli glad i en by.
Insults and the right to free speech
Bloggers all over are currently discussing the suggestion of a blogging code of conduct, where bloggers are required to refrain from insults and threats, or get their blogs yanked. The debate is generally anti-code, justified by the claim that it is freedom of speech to say what you want, and said freedom is protected by the US constitution. The thing is, we aren't discussing political blogs or racist blogs or pornographic blogs or blogs that in general have some kind of inflammatory material on them. We are discussing blogs much like my own: One person's personal outlet offered to the world because it's a rewarding thing to do (get to write, get to share, get feedback). But on some blogs, commenters are leaving insults and threats, including death threats. The general reaction to this, that I have seen so far, is if you can't tolerate some sicko comments on your blog, you are too sensitive for blogging so just stop blogging. Don't bitch about the internet being...
