I'm guilty too..................

Hello fellow armchair philosophers

Over the last week or so I have drifted amongst the other Blog offerings in Blogland and I've come to realise that philosophising comes naturally to many people, mostly men.

Why men (including me) want to shower the (virtual) world of Blogland with their tripe and personal musings has really started to intrigue me.

Most of the stuff on these philosophical Blogs is banal, todge or just schoolboy rambling. Why would anyone want to share drivvel with others (me included)?

Surely Blogland is for sports fans, political commentators, 9/11 truth factions, failed artists (of any persuasion), photographs of cats, dogs, various food dishes, alternate Tube-viewing pages (lots of these), photos of cats (oh I said that already), etc..

Think before you speak or write

Remember, it's not what you say (or write) that matters but the meaning given to your words by the person/s you are saying/writing those words to. Are your words/ideas clear? Are you speaking/writing emotionally?? Do you want to colour your speech/words with emotion?

Your words, by themselves, are benign, with the actual meaning in your head before you speak or write, unless coloured by emotion.

Any meaning associated with the words, that the recipient attaches, may be your meaning or they may associate your speech/words with other meanings. And their meaning will generally be coloured by emotion.

That is why, once the words are out, you have lost control of them, regardless of if you meant good or bad. They are now public domain and the public can (and will) do with them what they want.

That is why some people take a vow of silence, to learn how to think and then they know how to speak or write. It takes many years to perfect.

Do you have some time?