I do not know what to write...

I have a blog. So do many millions of other people. I do not have an interesting blog. Thousands of others do. I do not update my blog very often. Hundreds of others do. I do not know what they write, but one thing is for sure: I do not know what is there to write about.

Several days back, in the Singapore main daily, there was a discussion about the role of online blogs they play in society, a debate sparked by the banning of a local blogger, mr brown, by the government of Singapore for his commentary of what he thinks is wrong with Singapore. The government is obviously not happy that mr brown portrayed Singapore in such a negative light. I am not about to comment on this.

But out of this fiasco, I got thinking. If blogs are not mainstream media, why is it that so many infomation that is written are just copies of what the mainstream meadia is printing? Granted that they can write whatever they want to write, but is it a mainstream media in its own right? Many seems to think so based on it's wide spread appeal and audience. I think the government of Singapore is afraid of this; they are losing control of what can be said and done in Singapore.

However, if they are not mainstream, what about alternative? Apparently, they (meaning governments anywhere) doesn't like it any more than they like mainstream. They merely tolerated it. Is there original content on personal blogs to justify it apparently villaineous content? Or is it just private words for friends and strangers that happen to be public? Sort of like writing a letter to a friend and leaving the letter on a table on a busy street. Think about it.