Bee Herd
I bet most people imagine that if they expressed their voice through the power of the Internet, people would listen, people would care. And maybe, just maybe, fame and fortune would come with it. With Twitter being the next big thing, I don't see many realizing their dream. When I look at the tweets out there for a certain topic, hoping to get a different - possibly wider view from the media, I'm deeply unmoved. Do those tweeters think they're doing anyone a favour by retweeting the news? Let me give you an example. I wanted to hear what regular people thought about the new Amercan Energy Bill. Would anyone have something insightful to say? Perhaps it's difficult with only 140 characters, but most of the tweets said simply - energy bill passed. So?
Hold on, I do have to give Twitter credit for providing me the first news that Michael Jackson had died, but I discovered it because I follow CTV Calgary, our local news channel. (I still don't trust the Internet as a reliable news source unless it's from a company that has a policy of fact checking). I've personally seen lies written and no one held accountable for them. If lies were written in the New York Times, heads would be rolling. Anyway.... I regress. Sorry. People, please have an opinion. Does being politically correct = don't have an opinion different than...well, anyone? Let's be grateful we have freedom of speech and can twitter to our hearts delight without fear of government imprisonment. (Iran) Yes, you may be asking who really cares what I think? Possibly no one other than my family, because they would all be in the dog house if mumma's not happy. But, it actually doesn't matter. It's having a voice that counts. Even if no one reads this. I'm happy to write what's on my mind. And just you wait till my juicy biography comes out. I know more than a few people out there who will care then. And if you (yeah, you know who I'm talking about) get any ideas about silencing me before it's released, well. My finished biography is safely floating around in a boat with a reliable Caribbean fisherman whose been instructed to release it to the press if he doesn't receive my monthly phone call. ;)
Camille Gross-Sikorsky
