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Dear Friend: This is not a Blog about writing! (I already have one of those.) This is a blog about a journey I am taking with illness. I have recently been diagnosed with Cancer. My goal is honest therapy as I progress through, and beyond this new reality in my life. I hope that, somewhere along the way you will find some words that will help you too. While this is, in fact, an interactive Blog, I hope that you will scroll slowly down this page. For you see, the front of this Blog IS my journey. The entries are conversations that are held along the journey.Yes, there is a lot on it--before actually getting to the Blog entries. But, I hope that by the objects and words which appear before the Blog itself, you might come to understand just a little bit about me, and my journey, and some truly amazing friends who have agreed to journey with me. I hope that you, too, will choose to accompany me on my walk--through the Valley. I invite you to join me, and discover the wondrous truths, meet some truly amazing people, and share those "memorable" moments this journey will undoubtedly present. Come along, won't you? In His Care,   Would you like to help me help others? I found this amazing organization, and I am proud to be a sponsor. I hope you will check it out. It's called The Network For Good.   "RISUS OMNIA - INCRUMENTUS PER DEDECUS - SAPIENTIA PER DAMNUM" ("Every thing is funny - Growth through humiliation - Wisdom through loss") ~Leunig~ The hilltop hour would not be half so wonderful if there were no dark valleys to traverse. ~Helen Keller~ "If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people." ~Virginia Woolf~  "There is strength in truth." ~The Barton Family Crest~   “Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved.” — Helen Keller, American social activist, public speaker and author (1880-1968) I have moved the list of my thanks for those who have helped to make this little Blog so very special. I hope that you will take a moment to read the list, growing every day, and let these fellow travellers along this journey know that you appreciate the contributions they make to our walk together.
 "Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything." James 1:2-4  Please feel free to click on the Blog Rings icon below to be transported to some of the very best of the Best Bloggers around WDC. **Image Unavailable** If you are new to WDC, or to our Blogging community, I highly recommend the monthly edition of "The Blogville News". Feel free to click below, and let Scarlett   know that a Blogger sent ya!Hey! We've started a Christian's Blog Ring on WDC. Click on the logo, and join us!  Budroe is Blessed!
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| 1. An Important (?) Question... | ID #683146 |
| Posted: 1-9-2010 @ 11:56 pm EST Edited: 1-10-2010 @ 12:14 am EST | |
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 Over the course of years now, the issue of privacy, especially within the realm of "social journalism" and "social networking" has been sporadically and/or casually brought up in this very Blog. To some people, discussing points of my personal health or (in some few cases) my personal life make the reading uncomfortable. Now, it seems the issue has become a matter of the rights of personal privacy in a constitutional sense--in at least two countries. Believe it or not. Scientists, jurists, attorneys, and those many other "interested" persons have, it seems been studying the effects of personal disclosure in such venues has courts, arrest warrants, and even Supreme Courts. The British view is that, since the majority of social networking sites are American, it is our fault that the British courts are considering the "further erosion" of personal rights of privacy. Please look at this article . It is an interesting piece of BBC information. But, it does bring up an issue for me, and for others as well.There is another supporting article here .The seeming focus of the piece is that we should have a lesser expectation of privacy than perhaps we do. Or, conversely, perhaps we should be aware that we have less privacy than we believe. The answer, in both instances according to the article, is the nefarious "social networking sites" that have blossomed over the past decade. It is a most interesting problem. But, while you are considering that issue, I would like to offer you another article which, in my personal view, directly applies to both arguments. These are dots that must be connected to make sense. But, if you do connect the dots, there is an almost transparent nexus between all three. Please check out the article here .There have been many pivotal events in our recent history, most of which can or at least should be pointed to the activities of September 11th, 2001 in New York City. The conditions which spun this nation into an entirely new reality have been spinning ever since. We, as Americans, have lost several significant "rights" previously considered to be sacrosanct. We have done so without even so much as a whimper from most of the people of America--or, to be fair, other countries. Someone might also be aware of the fact that what happens within the "protector of democracy and freedom" borders does eventually float around to the rest of the planet. This is not a "leveling" action. It is a diffusing action, which takes the rights (no matter how limited they may be) from all citizens. Back to the question in my mind. Does the voluntary dissemination of personal information here (or anywhere else) automatically remove my right to the expectation to the right of privacy? If so, to what degree? For how long? Is such a right inviolable? Once lessened or removed, should it remain so? What do you think? I'm pondering this these days. I'd like to know what you think, and why. How about it? If it's not too personal, that is. I remain, In His Care, Budroe |
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