cultures, it records private facts in a public way—it's a kind
of electronic <citetitle>Jerry Springer</citetitle>, available anywhere in the world.
</para>
+<indexterm><primary>blogs (Web-logs)</primary></indexterm>
<para>
But in the United States, blogs have taken on a very different
character. There are some who use the space simply to talk about
</para></footnote> We say what our friends want to hear, and hear very
little beyond what our friends say.
</para>
+<indexterm id='idxblogs1' class='startofrange'>
+ <primary>blogs (Web-logs)</primary>
+</indexterm>
<para>
Enter the blog. The blog's very architecture solves one part of this
problem. People post when they want to post, and people read when they
<indexterm><primary>CNN</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>Iraq war</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>Olafson, Steve</primary></indexterm>
+<indexterm><primary>blogs (Web-logs)</primary></indexterm>
See Michael Falcone, <quote>Does an Editor's Pencil Ruin a Web Log?</quote> <citetitle>New
York Times</citetitle>, 29 September 2003, C4. (<quote>Not all news organizations have
been as accepting of employees who blog. Kevin Sites, a CNN
happens. When there are ten million, there will be something
extraordinary to report.
</para>
+<indexterm startref='idxblogs1' class='endofrange'/>
<indexterm startref="idxwinerdave" class='endofrange'/>
<indexterm id="idxbrownjohnseely" class='startofrange'>
<primary>Brown, John Seely</primary>
powerful software producer in the United States having succeeded in
its lobbying efforts.
</para>
+<indexterm><primary>Boland, Lois</primary></indexterm>
<para>
What was surprising was the United States government's reason for
opposing the meeting. Again, as reported by Krim, Lois Boland, acting
is supposed to be about: giving individuals the right to decide what
to do with <emphasis>their</emphasis> property.
</para>
+<indexterm id='idxboland' class='startofrange'>
+ <primary>Boland, Lois</primary>
+</indexterm>
<para>
When Ms. Boland says that there is something wrong with a meeting
<quote>which has as its purpose to disclaim or waive such rights,</quote> she's
whether Republican or Democrat. My only illusion apparently is about
whether our government should speak the truth or not.)
</para>
+<indexterm startref='idxboland' class='endofrange'/>
<para>
Obviously, however, the poster was not supporting that idea. Instead,
the poster was ridiculing the very idea that in the real world, the