To: Lane3 who wrote (70517 ) 9/15/2004 4:25:42 PM From: MulhollandDrive Read Replies (1) | Respond to Did you miss the great morality play between the liberal media and the blogs being cheered by the thread denizens? Perhaps you've been skimming... was referring to LB and the thread. I find the thread's manic mode fascinating. It reminds me, since you object to Woodstock, of fans going wild at a sporting event. I've gone wild at sporting events. I've cheered "we're number one" like I was somehow, personally, number one rather than just smart enough or lucky enough to have picked the winning team and showed up at the game to bask in reflected glory reflected ...it is real)haven't missed it. I recognize it. I've been observing it at arm's length. I don't have to strap on pads and a helmet to not "miss" a football game. There's something to be said for perspective. Different strokes. "if you want to be a watcher and not a meaningful participant, that's fine, just try to go easy on the dismissiveness in the process" The beauty of the blogosphere is that it is self-igniting, self-propelling and self-selecting, a sort of intellectual ecosystem wherein the best specimens from various disciplines descend from the ethers, converge on an issue and apply their unique talents."
