Rip's Discussion Topics #2

[Rip]

I'm going to kick off this week with 2 topics just to get everyone thinking a bit.

It seems not everyone loves the blogging atmosphere the web has created, but is it exactly unethical? In an effort to cut back on misleading advertising it seems New York may be changing the ball game for lawyers, and while the concept of getting more ethical lawyers sounds great, sometimes it’s far too easy to see this go the wrong way. The rules would focus on the concept of advertisement, and more specifically what exactly advertisement is. Purportedly the new definition of advertisement would include: “any public communication made by or on behalf of a lawyer or law firm about a lawyer or law firm, or about a lawyer’s or law firm’s services.”
If lawyer jokes weren’t hard to come up with now, they should be a piece of cake now, and if any of the lawyers in the jokes want to make a comeback they’ll have to label it as an advertisement! Ok maybe that’s a bit of a stretch, but in reality the restrictions seem a bit over the top. Freedom of speech seems to be the first thing on the list of concern, in fact there have been so many complaints it seems that implementation of these new rules is delayed by four months minimum, more likely indefinitely with bureaucracy these days.

So where do you side? Do you think the lawyers should be allowed to blog freely (among their other advertising schemes), or do they deserve to be limited so we don't have to hear so many darn blatantly wrong advertisements? And for the record, lawyers are the only ones who actually really make money in class action lawsuits, and boy can they make a killing) Info here (http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060915-7753.html)

[Athena Twin PMS]

I think as long as they make obvious that things are OPPINION, not fact, it is ok to blog whatever the heck they want. :p

[Look Its a Panda]

I think noone should be allowed to blog freely.

Over the past two years, blogging have become available for every single person with internet access, and since most of the stuff people write in their blogs are either A) "Uninteressting to anyone but themselves and two or three friends" or B) "It's been written thousands of times before, and it's been written without the frequent use of "LOL" and with proper grammar and punctuation" most of the "blogsphere" is a waste.

A lot of newspapers here in Norway (and probably the rest of the world as well) have now started to allow regular readers to comment most of their articles as well as offering blog-hosting. I take this as a sign that they are unable to come up with content themseles, and instead let their readers puke out verbal diarrhea without moderation.

To publish yourself on the internet should be concidered a privilege, not a right. The internet is starting to become a huge mess, and it's hard enough to navigate if we aren't to have every 12-year old write about their "deep" and "reflected" thoughts about Pokèmon's impact on modern art.

In conclusion; I still hate the internet and most of it's users.

http://crap.no/about/ (don't press the "Home" link unless you got a strong stomach)
http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=banish

[hot chief DSO]

I think noone should be allowed to blog freely.

In conclusion; I still hate the internet and most of it's users.

http://crap.no/about/ (don't press the "Home" link unless you got a strong stomach)
http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=banish
ROFL Gangster

My opinion? As a lawyer, my favorite quote is from My Cousin Vinny, where Joe Pesci gets up and says, "Everything that guy just said is bull***!"

Personally, I think that advertising in blogs is just that. Advertising.

If its your opinion, then it shouldn't be advertising. Blogs should be for conveying non-commercial information, like your diary, Rips pet peeves, tips and tricks for consumers, random stuff, etc. It should be a form of expression, or ART. As soon as the corporate world gets their teeth into it, its ruined. It becomes something else altogether...

As far as attorney's comments in blogs - if they want to publish their legal opinion, they should do it the PROFESSIONAL way, in a law journal or a circulated publication. These types of publications are "peer reviewed" and likely to be more reliable, rather than some random guy with a juris doctor shooting from the hip and giving the rest of us a shoddy rep.

[Rip]

bah my pet peeves got lost on the old forums, they don't exist anymore :-(
Not to mention if i need to remember them I just go read buddy's posts :p j/k j/k, although he did remind me of one or two haha. I may have to start that up again if i have time, I do have a few new discussion topics though I've been thinking about

[PMS HateMaker]

And for the record, lawyers are the only ones who actually really make money in class action lawsuits, and boy can they make a killing

That's not true, and you have to have a way to have accountability (no matter how small) for massive corporations. They already get away with almost anything they want. If there are no checks and balances who protects their employees and consumers? Because I can 100% guarantee you the corporation will not.


I think noone should be allowed to blog freely.

Why is that? It is important to be able to say whatever you want whenever you want. According to the reasoning in your post you don't think it should be allowed because "no one wants to read it" or "its already been written and with better punctuation." Which are not valid reasons for doing away with free-speech.