Desiderata on...Blogswagon Interruptus -- Some Awakening...
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http://desiderata2000.blogspot.com/2009/06/blogswagon-interruptus-some-awakening.html
10th June, 2009
Desiderata has been somewhat concerned, and seemed to be caught in a whirlwind of confusion and a form of paralysis in blogging -- yet educational on reflection -- that affects me personally in an emotional way because I do interact with some of the key players on the stage I call Blogswagon. In some ways the Players demonstrated by certain events in the infant world of Malaysian Bloggers show signs of parallelism with the world of Politics and Politicians quite often regarded with contempt (as revealed in a recent survey which in gist listed Politicians as deemed to be the "most corrupt" group in society and hence to be least trusted among the various "professions/professionals in the community...). I have indeed arrived at the conclusion that as in politics, the dictum that "There are no permanent friends or enemies in politics, only permanent interests" holds true also in blogosphere in a "general" way. (Personally, I deem to have acquired some companions I deem as "friends" along the four-year-old Blogging journey.)
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