I read the Dec. 17 entry from lactose-incompetent and was immediately thrown into the dilemma I was in a few months ago. I must link to this, a piece this heart-wrenching must be read by others. But something so personal, so painful, is difficult to point to and say "look at this" without feeling like a highway accident gawker.
But then I scrolled down and read this disclaimer: "Lactose Incompetent is an admittedly fictionalized ongoing story based on an actual unfolding life." The sad story linked above may be true, but I feel slightly better knowing the writer has thought through what he's doing. I think his approach is a good solution to protecting what needs to be protected, expressing oneself, and telling a great story.
Posted by kiplog at December 17, 2002 12:29 PMHi Kiplog, thanks for the link and the kind words. The story was 100% true. I appreciate your ethics as well as your caution on these things. I use a pseudonym and fictionalize details because I *was* harassed based on a former blog where I *did* use my real identity. But self-expression must prevail.
Posted by: Edward on December 19, 2002 12:02 PMThanks.
I think it's important for anyone who does this to realize the implication of opening oneself up to a pontentially enormous audience, for a potentially unlimited time. Privacy factors aside, one has to realize that any public writing will be considered, by some, to be entertainment, whatever the motivation was behind creating it. By linking to pieces like this and others, I run the risk of diminshing it to that level.
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