I like MyBloggerstown, and I enjoy visiting with old and new friends here; but I guess I'm just getting too old. I really didn't like having to leave my old home; it was comfortable and I had developed a real affection for it.

Unfortunately, many were primed to leave because of so much in-fighting. It really had got out of hand. One could not express an opinion nor hold with a certain viewpoint without some person annihilating them. Reasonable dialog degenerated quickly into "mud-slinging," name-calling, and "butchering the first amendment."

Some are under the assumption that the first amendment protects them, no matter what they say or to whom they say it. That is just not so. Making defamatory statements that are blatant lies can land one in court more quickly than anything. On the other hand, if one has written or oral proof that the statements are indeed fact, one is protected by the first amendment. He is therefore safe from culpability.

The same can be said for accessing another's e-mail. If that e-mail is public and the individual has made it known on the Internet that it is public; and that it can be accessed for personal reasons--even if it is a business e-mail--he has no recourse if someone accesses it other than whom he might expect. He opened the door. Of course, he usually has the option to block that person's access if he so chooses.

Which finally brings me to my point. I thought we could block unfriendly visitors here on MyBloggers. But, I discovered we could only block their comments. Blocking individuals--not the entire Internet--is definitely an option that I would like to see added here.

We all occasionally encounter people who want to use our e-mail or our website to attack us. I don't need it; I have enough problems without some @!$%# calling me names and threatening me.

This is my website. I created it for the express purpose of putting down my thoughts. I am careful never to lie nor to make inflammatory statements that cannot be supported by oral or written substantiation.

Beyond that, I will write on it just what I damn well please. And if they don't like it, they can shove it right up their big fat arse.
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