Comments on: The Ces Drilon Abduction: The Waiting Begins As Prayers Mount http://filipinovoices.com/the-ces-drilon-abduction-the-waiting-begins-as-prayers-mount Powered By A Collective Voice Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:29:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: Manuel L. Quezon III: The Daily Dose » Blog Archive » The embargo http://filipinovoices.com/the-ces-drilon-abduction-the-waiting-begins-as-prayers-mount/comment-page-1#comment-1809 Manuel L. Quezon III: The Daily Dose » Blog Archive » The embargo Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:26:50 +0000 http://www.filipinovoices.com/?p=229#comment-1809 [...] wrong. There was a kidnapping, but I don’t know if I entirely agree with Gagelonia (in a subsequent, and thorough, roundup on emerging details on the kidnapping) who says it’s [...] [...] wrong. There was a kidnapping, but I don’t know if I entirely agree with Gagelonia (in a subsequent, and thorough, roundup on emerging details on the kidnapping) who says it’s [...]

]]> By: Ding G. Gagelonia http://filipinovoices.com/the-ces-drilon-abduction-the-waiting-begins-as-prayers-mount/comment-page-1#comment-1766 Ding G. Gagelonia Wed, 11 Jun 2008 01:26:06 +0000 http://www.filipinovoices.com/?p=229#comment-1766 Agreed. No offense meant and none taken, sir. Exactly the reaction I expected. Till the next contentious issues. :) Agreed. No offense meant and none taken, sir. Exactly the reaction I expected. Till the next contentious issues. :)

]]> By: benign0 http://filipinovoices.com/the-ces-drilon-abduction-the-waiting-begins-as-prayers-mount/comment-page-1#comment-1764 benign0 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:26:01 +0000 http://www.filipinovoices.com/?p=229#comment-1764 <blockquote>It is such thinking which erodes the credibility, and currency, of so-called citizen journalism. Let us not peddle wild imaginings as Filipino lives hang in the balance</blockquote> The blogosphere (aka your "citizen journalism" you qualify as "so-called") is a different environment, dude. It is not an <i>edited</i> environment (which seems to be your comfort zone) nor is it characterised by any sort of over-riding governance <i>hierarchy</i>. It is a <i>Darwinian</i> environment where ideas compete in a <b>level</b> field. ANYONE can float ANY assertion, insinuation, or speculation and open it for scrutiny, critique, and comment. Here we need to be able to take it in the chin as well as we can dish it out. Those that consistently talk crap get voted out. Those that make sense get to keep their audience. Deal with it.

It is such thinking which erodes the credibility, and currency, of so-called citizen journalism.

Let us not peddle wild imaginings as Filipino lives hang in the balance

The blogosphere (aka your “citizen journalism” you qualify as “so-called”) is a different environment, dude. It is not an edited environment (which seems to be your comfort zone) nor is it characterised by any sort of over-riding governance hierarchy. It is a Darwinian environment where ideas compete in a level field.

ANYONE can float ANY assertion, insinuation, or speculation and open it for scrutiny, critique, and comment. Here we need to be able to take it in the chin as well as we can dish it out. Those that consistently talk crap get voted out. Those that make sense get to keep their audience.

Deal with it.

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