The Beauty of Blogging

Recently I was chastised for exercising some "editorial license" when I rejected a submitted comment on here. The comment was about a liability issue with a certain Wellsville resident that just didn't sit right with me. I thought about it for a few days and finally decided I didn't want to go there and finally rejected it. Then I told the commenter that I had rejected it and tried to explain why.

I'm usually pretty liberal in allowing comments even at the risk of making some unhappy. When I started this I allowed a free flow of comments. Readers were able to make a comment, hit the publish tab and it automatically appeared. Then a few months ago there was an attempted character assasination with that priviledge and I had to put the kibosh to that. I was forced to go to comment moderating. I guess I was naive to think it wasn't necessary even though I had been warned. Unfortunately there are some that just can't be civil and those few make moderating a necessity.

There are darn few rules in doing a blog. Google has a few but they are generally common sense rules that are mostly founded in legalities that would apply to any and all. There is no schedule deadline pressures. There is no boss telling you what to do. Although some are paid bloggers and some try to make money with getting hits on posted ads I don't do this for money or favorable considerations. I don't do this for influence of any kind.

I write this blog because I like doing it and for the most part have fun with it. I like to promote the ville but it's not just one sided. The ville has their share of problems just like any other community. For the most part everyone knows what is going on in town as is the same in any small community you would care to mention. For me there are some concerns that I'll write about and some that, in my consideration, are a waste of time and effort. There are just some things that you can't change even if you had the wherewithaw to accomplish anything.

Since starting this blog I have gotten a lot more interested in what is going on and the whys and wherefores of some issues that not only affect me but the ville, the county, the state and our country. I read the papers a lot more. I love digging into the history of what got us to where we are today. My only regret is the lack of time to write about all that strikes my fancy and researching some of those items.

And that is the beauty of being a blogger. Anyone can do it. All you need is the use of a computer. You can even go to the library and use their free computers. Google makes it easy for us fools and it's free. If you don't like Google there're others that provide pretty much the same opportunity and it is all yours. No one can tell you what to say, what to write about or when to write. I don't want to be cocky but this blog is mine. It's my decision on what is put on here. If you find fault with my way you can always do your own blog. I try to be fair with what is put on here. Opinions are many and varied. Believe me - I'm well aware of that. However, I won't compromise my principles to promote those that have no consideration of others or other sides of an issue with their tunnel vision for their agenda. I'll allow some comments that may be slightly distasteful to me to see where it will go. Generally they die out because the person that brought them up is either being selfish with what they say or can't back up what they say.

Life is short. Hopefully we can all get along and enjoy what we have. As the Irish blessing goes "God grant me the serenity".

Life is good...

ole nib