Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe to poobalan.com by Email I was surprised to read this piece in NST. Few contentious points which I feel needs to be clarified.
1. I think only a seasoned and well-respected (by online communities) blogger can give such an advice. I doubt the vice chancellor blog. If he does, then I apologise. If he doesn’t, then his advice is not worth much.
2. He also asked students to stay away from blogs that gave negative information about the government. And he goes on to say that he believes students have the ability to distinguish between right and wrong. Kind of contradicting. Negative not necessarily means wrong, positive doesn’t mean its true. If this is the case, one might as well stop reading newspapers!
3. People blog for various reasons – personal, hobby, organisation, business, political, entertainment etc. Writing against certain things is not wrong as long as it is personal opinion or comes with facts. For example, one can write in support of using drugs for pleasure, either based on facts or own opinion (BTW, I’m not advocating usage of drugs). The readers can make their own decision based on what the writer wrote.
4. “It is not a crime to blog or to comment in any blog. But it is the
blogger’s responsibility to give correct and positive information so
that it does not affect the government and university management” – said the VC. I don’t think its anyone’s responsibility to give positive information. One can only give facts or opinions. If it stinks, it stinks. You can’t write that its fragrant, can you?
He did mention that its good for students to blog or read them so that can be exposed to more
