degringolade

Mushrooms and Lawn

One of the side issues of writing here is that while I don't at all mind folks coming by to read (and it is by no means the most important aspect), sometimes the comments come back and I have a lot of problem not writing back and starting a flame war here on this little cul de sac of the internet.

But then I have to remember my manners and, in the words of an Irish Taoiseach a couple of decades ago "upon mature reflection", I am going to shut up and say nothing. I suppose that this shows that I might be growing up, but I kinda doubt that and just write it off to not being worth the effort.

I suppose that my problem comes from the observation that when writing here in the free-for-all that is the internet, I need to remind myself that my opinion isn't the be all and end all and my writing and other folks responses don't need to be rational, they are just there as a sort of pressure release valve, not as a touchstone of truth and beauty.