I added the
Jackie Doherty blog to my Blog List for Lowell. I did it for three reasons:
- Jackie seems to be the only elected local official with a blog and that should be honored
- What is happening with our Schools is very important and we need to be paying attention to all sources of information
- Jackie actually knows who I am and such a thing needs to be honored
Lowell is lucky to have so many blogs, some of which are wonderful and some of which raise some questions as to taste. But, this isn't Canada and no one has the right to be free from being offended. Long live the First Amendment.
Regards — Cliff
Cliff,
ReplyDeleteAnd besides your reasons stated for linking to Jackie, a good reminder in general to pay attention to the SC race. Across the blogs, it seems like there's a high ratio of CC references to SC references, and I"m no exception.
I'll enter a guilty plea here for barely understanding the big SC issues this fall but will vow to try to get a better grasp of them...and hope that some challengers emerge to make this race exciting..
best,
gp
"no one has the right to be free from being offended"
ReplyDeleteCrass remark against Canada aside, amen to this, and it made me laugh out loud. So true!
Though, they do clamp down on things on the public airwaves (nudity, profanity) that are offensive, so I guess there is that.
The internets is not public airwaves though. :)
Lynne
ReplyDeleteI pick on Canada only because their "Human Rights Commission" invites it, as I noted here. Fortunately, it is Canada and those "rights of Englishmen" ideas continue to bubble to the surface. (The idea that our Gov't requires a passport for travel to Canada is an irritant to me—and I haven't been in Canada in 30 years.)
My jibe at Canada aside, I do think that being civil is a great virtue. On the other hand, getting names spelled correctly on this blog is a miracle.
Thanks
Regards — Cliff