Thursday, January 29, 2009

burn book online

Four unidentified students from QC Science High School were suspended for posting blog entries criticizing the school's policies and launching scathing personal attacks against the principal. Most of us were probably horrified upon hearing about this, and initial reactions would have most likely been sympathy for the free-thinking kids as opposed to the school administrator who allegedly replaced the well-loved adviser of the school paper "to give chance to others." And as was illustrated in the recent fiasco involving those golfers in Antipolo, Filipino bloggers can have a considerable impact on public perception about a particular issue. Perhaps it is even fair to say that a party to a conflict who remains ignorant about this medium may well be on the losing end. A lot of people felt sorry for that Australian blogger who said he got filched by his Filipino socialite ex. Hundreds of bloggers rallied behind that girl Bambee and her golfing family. And the kids' defense? They are saying that those entries were meant to be read by their closest contacts, since their accounts were set to "private" mode. Undeniably defamatory, but seemingly lacking the element of publicity. Nonetheless, as was already said in class, the Internet was designed for sharing. This is a notion that has already manifested itself in numerous cases. Just ask Obama, or Miley Cyrus.

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