This blogging stuff is new to me, so maybe I'm a "newbie" who hasn't gone thru all the ropes yet. Anyway, it seems to me that people can write their life story on a blog and post it without their moms, little sisters or anyone else peeking into their dressers and finding it. Trouble is, the ones who DO find it can be more destructive to the psyche than any family member because they're analyzing it from an impersonal perspective and can only be objective. Hurling your opinion at someone you've never met (or never will) is a great way to vent yourself and not be held accountable. If you get too many comments back to you, close your account, and walk away. It's not that easy in real life relationships. Maybe blogging is just a way of reaching out to strangers who share a common interest (otherwise they wouldn't be blogging, would they?) and seeing what they talk about and how they think in comparison to yourself. Stretching ideology to your own personal limits. This is just free-speech on steriods. I wonder if blogs would work in other countries, or if they have them. Unify the world through alignment of opinions. What's next?