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Emotional Balckmail
(I'm feeling quixotic)
An Open Letter to LV> re: "Friend" List, Sharing, Communication, Freedom, and Expression
The following is not to illustrate the Editorial prerogative. The following is to illustrate the unfairness of setting immature parameters on "What is a Friend"....and How Friends should interact.
Would the New York Times ONLY publish an "Open Letter to the Editor" under the "condition" that the Writer be an Investor in the News Syndicate?
The above example raises questions which can devolve to>
To what degree must one be "Invested" in order to qualify as having an opinion; and
Does one's opinion have anything to do with whether one is "allied" to another?
Even if the "contributor" is beligerant or reprehensibile, other avenues exist to ameliorate a perceived wrong or negative situation.
Now comes the Issues raised by the above.
An "entity" wants to have a presence on LV. A channel is set in motion on LV. Many Visually expressive materials... such as vids, blogs, and widgets are available to present a wide array of Freedom of Information and Expression.
But some place a Catch-22 on it> ONLY FRIENDS CAN COMMENT. <That's not Freedom...thats Disenfranchising.
Visual entertainment, Valid words, lofty phrases, and inspirational sentiments...
set against a backdrop of> "You can ONLY communicate with me......If-and-only-if...you are my "Friend" list.
This is NOT the Act of Being a "Sovereign" interfacing with another Sovereign Being.
That's not Just. Nor is that (mutually) Respectful. And its definitely not Loving.
That is tantamount to (juvenile) Intellectual-Emotional BLACKMAIL.
That kind of person isn't a "Friend".....they are "cravers" of egotistic Attention. They seek some illusory Popularity. They need Others to Validate their flimsy existance. If they were REAL, they might Subscribe.....and, even that is dubious.
A pre-requisite for being a friend is communicating. And if you SHUT that down, then you're not being friendly youself. Even a perceived foe might need to communicate. In the land of LV, if you don't want to communicate, but you do want faster access to the material <> then sub!
Being friendly is also a pre-requisite for Love. Love flourishes in an enviornment which allows that Freedom of expression. Love only proliferates amidst freedom. All else is deception.
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