andru235_responds_to_allegations_of_heresy andru235 1. do i assume that there is an unlimited amount of space on the blather server? no. ============================== 2. do i assume that the creators of blather stand by their opening statement at http://blather.newdream.net/ ? yes. ================================ 3. was "blather" intended to be a site filled with ever acutely probing depths and invariably sublime witticisms? see dipperwell's "blather's_server_space_is_running_out" or my earlier from_humility_flowereth_blather ============================== 4. is my blathing a form of "oral diarrhea," of which some accuse kx21? totally eye of the beholder. as i have come to love blather, my inclination is to use what it is. the idea of "conserving space" for some sort of future "better use" seems about as dumb as the wealthy who hoard things that they never use, only to pass it all on to children who will never use the stuff, while those with no means to acquire such things would have made much use of them. i often don't know what kx21 is getting at, here or at his site. sometimes, however, i do. i cannot say that kx21 has never triggered my curiousity about something. kx21 has, like many other blatherskites, led me to learn about stuff. as to the "oral diarrhea" statement: well, so be it. diarrhea is inconvenient, but constipation is painful and discomforting. finally, i most observe that there isn't a single "who" that has repeatedly "blathed" that i haven't both found something with which to agreed and disagree, who i have liked and disliked, whom has made me smile or made me cringe. myself included. ================================ 5. do my little blathe fragments "litter" the today page? again, eye of the beholder. i for my part have greatly enjoyed some of the bizarre and vague one-liners people have blathed about over the years. i am hardly the sole source of such "litter". i have also enjoyed some of the gibberish. ================================ 6. do i have a "persecution complex," "exhibitionism," and "narcissism"? why, of course. according to most psychology, we all have those things. i'm no exception. nevertheless, what is really being assailed is my character. now, ask yourself this: does someone who looks forward to blather as his sole source of social contact seem like someone who abounds in exquisite character? don't be absurd. i am not a particularily liked person. you can call it a "persecution complex" if that's what makes you happy. what leads me to think people haven't found me likable is their having told me so. it's not mere paranoid fantasy. (oh, were they all joking?) i'm not complaining; i've done that elsewhere. but such complaints are not a large portion of my blathings anyway. for my part, i like most individuals, if at a distance. as a group, however, i dislike people. that's no secret. per exhibitionism: i suppose if i really wanted people's attention i would type in all caps, heh heh. frankly, i feel no qualms about posting links amongst my blathes. why should i? because you do?!? there are others who do this; it's how i got the idea. there is nothing i have done at blather that hasn't already been done before. per narcissism: i would use my real name, not andru235. and i wouldn't self-criticize, as i have often done. ================================ 7. do i lack an editorial process? rather i sense that my compound sentences and invented word-permutations confound certain someones. i have reread most of my posted blathes at some point or another and barring a few exceptions, my accuracy rate is no better or worse than others. the very source of the allegation that i hadn't such a process was followed by a corellary correction. ============================ 8. are my blathes to long? again, it is all outlook. personally, i don't think we can ever really capture the spirit of things whether we be verbose or concise. short little epigrams about this and that may be entertaining, but usually are blind to the bigger picture. on the other hand, the bigger picture is tedious - and probably futile - to try and verbally illustrate. there's no accounting_for_tastes. (another trite epigram, since we usually can internally account for our tastes quite articulately; but not always verbally.) ============================ 9. do i contradict myself? this wasn't alleged, but i'll address it anyway, since i do. everyone does. it's inevitable, and only the proud cannot see it...yet. ============================ 10. do i object to such criticism? bah. not at all. you have every right to critize! just as i have every right to respond or ignore or lampoon or adore the criticism itself. for those who have read any quantity of my blathes, it should be readily apparent that i almost never criticize others for their blathes nor styles thereof, though i may clearly disagree vehemently. my own experience is that most criticism is more of a statement about the critic than about the criticized. ============================== ultimately, the way to protect free speech is to USE IT. free speech is not protected by catering only to others tastes (sycophancy) or by only saying that which has been endlessly pondered over. free speech is living and free speech is now. if the balance is disturbed by something someone says, then it wasn't free speech anyway. and as dipperwell said, this site is called BLATHER. look it up. i'm quite good at it. wouldn't you (pejoratively) agree? 051026 what's it to you? who go blather from