What is it good for?
Jan. 13th, 2005 09:59 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
charliesmumMy calendar today has the words "Each individual has an opportunity to make a difference" and maybe, once again, this blogging thing is proving that.
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liz_marcs had this on her LJ today:
Mike Smith, akawolfmoon98 was killed yesterday in Iraq when his hummer was attacked by mortars. For more information, please visit this entry. He continued his blogging from Iraq.
I didn't have him on my friend's list. But it's an odd sort of connection we all have here, and it's a feeling of losing 'one of our own'. It makes it real. It makes it human.
There is a movement viainsomnia and ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
ljdemocrats asking people to vist his last entry to leave a condolence message for his family.
ETA: There are over 300 comments on his last entry. Most of them are from people who, like me, found out through some other entry or community, and they all pretty much say the same thing: Thank you, I'm sorry, rest in peace. I hope his family does see the posts, because it is a beautiful testiment that people still care about people. Comforting to know you are not alone.
It is very odd that his last post should start with 'regrets, I've had a few'. Well, not so odd, I suppose. When one walks with death every day, one starts reflecting.
liz_marcs had this on her LJ today:Mike Smith, aka
wolfmoon98 was killed yesterday in Iraq when his hummer was attacked by mortars. For more information, please visit this entry. He continued his blogging from Iraq.I didn't have him on my friend's list. But it's an odd sort of connection we all have here, and it's a feeling of losing 'one of our own'. It makes it real. It makes it human.
There is a movement via
insomnia and ljdemocrats asking people to vist his last entry to leave a condolence message for his family.ETA: There are over 300 comments on his last entry. Most of them are from people who, like me, found out through some other entry or community, and they all pretty much say the same thing: Thank you, I'm sorry, rest in peace. I hope his family does see the posts, because it is a beautiful testiment that people still care about people. Comforting to know you are not alone.
It is very odd that his last post should start with 'regrets, I've had a few'. Well, not so odd, I suppose. When one walks with death every day, one starts reflecting.
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on 2005-01-13 05:21 pm (UTC)I know what you mean about the connection bloggers have. The best thing about blogging for me? The world becoming smaller, and the friends I have made.
IMO, blogging will ultimately make this planet a better place. This is our silent revolution.
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on 2005-01-13 05:49 pm (UTC)I like that idea of a slient revolution. Recently it seems that people - i.e. governments and bookshops are being surprised at the number of and the power of bloggers.
We need a slogan.
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on 2005-01-13 05:40 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2005-01-13 05:47 pm (UTC)sorry.
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on 2005-01-14 01:51 am (UTC)I'm just sorry that it happens.
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on 2005-01-14 02:00 am (UTC)no subject
on 2005-01-14 03:59 am (UTC)He came back with all his limbs and digits in tact, yes.