circuitous dialogue
Feb. 2nd, 2002 01:22 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
iamomIs LJ a subculture? I feel like it's a natural extension of my life, but some people who don't use LJ (like my wife) think it's a pretty weird pastime. Personally, I don't really consider it to be much different than any other means of communication or interaction with others. Those of us on each others' friends lists are simply micro-communities of acquaintances whom we like to catch up with at different levels and at different times.
There's some really silly shit in the Canadian news right now about our Minister of Defense, Art Eggleton. With respect to the procedures followed by Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan who take in prisoners of war, Mr. Eggleton has been bumbling his way through the traditionally insightless political speeches and sound bites. After a picture in a national paper displayed Canadian soldiers taking in prisoners, he gave conflicting accounts on consecutive days in the House of Parliament regarding what he knew about the incident and for how long he had known it. Opposition parties have seized on this opportunity to denigrate and smear the reputation of said minister, in an attempt no doubt to tarnish the reputation and public opinion of our governing party (currently in its 3rd majority government, I believe).
Anyway, I can't tell if I follow this stuff now out of personal interest, or simply because it's what's covered on CBC Radio, my main source of news and information about "current events." To be sure, I've been struck over and over again by how irrelevant most of the stories covered in the news are to my own personal life. That's undoubtedly part of why I like LJ so much - it's such a real, everyday exchange of information. News about us - news about ordinary people. And what news is more interesting news than what you read on your friends pages?
Jesus. How can you tell I work from home... [grin]
There's some really silly shit in the Canadian news right now about our Minister of Defense, Art Eggleton. With respect to the procedures followed by Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan who take in prisoners of war, Mr. Eggleton has been bumbling his way through the traditionally insightless political speeches and sound bites. After a picture in a national paper displayed Canadian soldiers taking in prisoners, he gave conflicting accounts on consecutive days in the House of Parliament regarding what he knew about the incident and for how long he had known it. Opposition parties have seized on this opportunity to denigrate and smear the reputation of said minister, in an attempt no doubt to tarnish the reputation and public opinion of our governing party (currently in its 3rd majority government, I believe).
Anyway, I can't tell if I follow this stuff now out of personal interest, or simply because it's what's covered on CBC Radio, my main source of news and information about "current events." To be sure, I've been struck over and over again by how irrelevant most of the stories covered in the news are to my own personal life. That's undoubtedly part of why I like LJ so much - it's such a real, everyday exchange of information. News about us - news about ordinary people. And what news is more interesting news than what you read on your friends pages?
Jesus. How can you tell I work from home... [grin]
