what is journal all about ?

After my previous post (which now is friends only), someone out there found it *inappropriate*. This was the mail I got from the person, and here is my reply :

A public post, with a incredibly crude porn link in it?
Porn ? hmmm.. I find it much more decent then few of the comments that get on here in my friends journals. Also there are many people in my friends list on LJ who are subscribed to many communities, which for some can be “inappropriate”. Why dont they get flamed ?

Is this what you think a journal is all about?
I want to say a lot of things here, but will leave it to the minimum. I ask the question back to you. What is a journal for you ?
For me it’s my notepad , my scratch pad , my personal diary, my playground, my addressbook, my bookmarks and most of all something that I use to share things with my friends.

[A valid request from this person, which was valid and hence I have taken appropriate actions to fix it. I am sorry this happened, but this wont happen again, as you can make out from my action. I cant put that here , without revealing the identity. hence I am cutting that part off]

Please keep in mind that not everyone is ready for this kind of stuff.
Well I am disappointed to hear this. Anyway this is *my* journal and I will post what *I* want and what interests *me*. If you dont like it, then take me off your friends list and stop visiting my blog. If you share my interests, then be my guest.
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Basically I understand your concern and it’s well valid for you to be concerned about it. But to flame the person and questioning that person is crap. Don’t tell me what I can and cannot post in *my* journal.

23 Comments

  1. fus · May 9, 2003 Reply

    just like and i were discussing 2 moons ago, why i call almost everyone a … (all right-wing cultural and moral keepers of our times… pardon the expression) … prick. it is exactly for this reason : people deem it their right to think what is absolutely right and wrong. the thing to remember about right and wrong is that they are highly subjective. especially when it comes to personal spaces.

    and btw when did we all become saintly and puritan ? or worse when did we all start to presume that we all need to be saintly and puritan ?

    and the blog btw is very interesting. whoever thought it offesive, needs to watch ‘The Quills’ (the life and times of marquis de sade). i am sure you will have more interesting things to say.

  2. manusb · May 9, 2003 Reply

    No, I disagree. You’re wrong.

  3. mmk · May 9, 2003 Reply

    FYI

    If you let this bother you even for a moment, forget it. I completely agree with your position.

    There is this side of the story that people could visit it from work and thereby get into trouble, but hey, the words Dirty and Whore should give you SOME idea. If it didn’t, hey READ before you click.

  4. fus · May 9, 2003 Reply

    to each his own ….

  5. tariquesani · May 9, 2003 Reply

    You corruptor of our children, you incitetor of passions, you insultor of feminism, you abuser of human rights.

    Your last post was responsible for the rise in sexual abuse rate from 0 to a googol in this country, your last post is bad enough to start the second world war, wait a min that’s over, the fourth world war, your last post is violative of Indian culture, I will ask VHP, Bajrang Dal and Shiv Sena to picket your house and office.

    Ah!! that makes me feel so nice.

    Get the picture dude… …

    It is your journal you do whatever you want.

    However I must criticise your lack of taste in erotic writing – I found the blog of the category “Wham bham thank you ma’am”

  6. ravi · May 9, 2003 Reply

    I find it much more decent then few of the comments that get on here in my friends journals. Also there are many people in my friends list on LJ who are subscribed to many communities, which for some can be “inappropriate”. Why dont they get flamed ?

    Hmmm. Lemme tell ya a story.

    So there was this stream of cars, all traveling 40 mph over the speedlimit, and one of them gets pulled over by a copper. And he asks the cop, “no fair — how come you didn’t nab all the others — heck, you KNOW we were all traveling at the same speed” … and the cop responds … “Son, ever gone fishing? Ever caught *all* the fish in the pond … ?”

    Anyway this is *my* journal and I will post what *I* want and what interests *me*.

    With all those “*“‘s all over the place, you remind me of someone else …

  7. fus · May 10, 2003 Reply

    addPhuss@makeSimbaAlive.org(y) … whoops …was that inappropriate ?

  8. zoneee · May 10, 2003 Reply

    Redux!

    Ok. I deleted my previous comment. How the hell do u edit those without deleting them and adding a new one? Someone tell me.

    I overlooked some stuff. In fact, it didnt even cross my mind till later. So, heres my revised version. 🙂

    1. We have brains to think for ourselves and to comprehend what we read. We KNOW what is right and what is wrong. But again its up to the individual to make that decision as he sees fit. Some of us might do it even if we know its wrong. Does that mean that you say you wont do it TILL you’re given the chance to be tempted to? And then when you see it, when you know you shouldnt, you say you hated it and shouldnt have done it. I dont know. Depends on the person again, I guess.

    2. I say you should have made this a private post. Not even a friends only post. This takes care of above problem. You get to say whatever you want to *only* the people who want to hear it.

    3. We hve the freedom to post whatever we want. It IS still *MY* Journal, *MY* post BUTT “With great power…blah blah blah” u know the drill. 😉

  9. zoneee · May 10, 2003 Reply

    > However I must criticise your lack of taste in erotic
    > writing – I found the blog of the category “Wham bham thank > you ma’am”
    IF its even *REAL*.

  10. admin · May 10, 2003 Reply

    :: shocked to get this comment from you of all the people ::

  11. admin · May 10, 2003 Reply

    You’ve said it right. The words of wisdom.

  12. admin · May 10, 2003 Reply

    Re: Redux!

    1. We have brains to think for ourselves and to comprehend what we read. We KNOW what is right and what is wrong. But again its up to the individual to make that decision as he sees fit. Some of us might do it even if we know its wrong. Does that mean that you say you wont do it TILL you’re given the chance to be tempted to? And then when you see it, when you know you shouldnt, you say you hated it and shouldnt have done it. I dont know. Depends on the person again, I guess.

    I cant talk about the specific situation here, but its upto the individual to decide what is right and what is wrong. ONe thing for sure… get ready to see lot of disclaimers in my posts.

    2. I say you should have made this a private post. Not even a friends only post. This takes care of above problem. You get to say whatever you want to *only* the people who want to hear it.

    Well, I’m pretty sure many people enjoyed reading what I posted, and I can safely say its more then the set of people who did not want to read it

    3. We hve the freedom to post whatever we want. It IS still *MY* Journal, *MY* post BUTT “With great power…blah blah blah” u know the drill. 😉

    Power is freedom.

  13. tariquesani · May 10, 2003 Reply

    You missed my sarcasm OR am I missing yours?

  14. swatisani · May 10, 2003 Reply

    I dont understand

    Why explain yourself?

  15. noelladsa · May 10, 2003 Reply

    Re: I dont understand

    Looks like he’s hurt and he wants a punching bag.

  16. khorgath · May 11, 2003 Reply

    Re: Redux!

    >> Power is freedom.

    :))

    That has *got* to be the funniest thing I’ve heard in a long time.

  17. sidcarter · May 12, 2003 Reply

    However I must criticise your lack of taste in erotic writing – I found the blog of the category “Wham bham thank you ma’am”

    Precisely my point, but then, the site does say – “Dirty Whore”. 😉

  18. sidcarter · May 12, 2003 Reply

    Re: I dont understand

    Pardon me – ROTFLMAO 😀

  19. sidcarter · May 12, 2003 Reply

    Re: Redux!

    2. I say you should have made this a private post. Not even a friends only post. This takes care of above problem. You get to say whatever you want to *only* the people who want to hear it.

    Try posting at least one original post and then talk about private/friends only post, you duffel bag 😛

  20. alhambara · May 12, 2003 Reply

    whoa. if you like a funny, over-the-top sexualy crude pornographic writing for a good laugh, i wonder whose business it is other than yours. when will people learn of this thing called ‘Mind Your Own Flossing (as in cleaning your teeth) Business’.

    and to say that every peice of writing by everybody that is sexual in nature should be the quality of a a.miller/a.nin/e.jong is crazy. as i read somewhere, ‘bad art is still art’. everybody draws their OWN lines. and their own ALONE.

    please.

  21. Anonymous · June 5, 2008 Reply

    Night is “the” time I can get any work done 🙂

  22. Anonymous · September 9, 2008 Reply

    hey kalyan… i dont know if u remember me…i had mailed u last year about the same thing…anyways…the selection procedure says telephonic interview…no other hidden details??? …i just wanted to know what is the selection based upon?

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