I wonder what all those bloggers who are against Steve will have to say to this entry. They'll find something, won't they?
I don't ever read any criticism articles anyway, they just piss me off too much, even if they are not aimed at me.
This entry raises an important question for me. I just started building my self healing website (an area where you wouldn't expect much adversity and malice, right?). And I'm also gonna have a blog on this site. And I really wonder if I could ever write something without having in mind the objective to avoid criticism. Of course, I would never deviate from what I have to say even if I knew it would attract criticism, but I would try to put it in such terms to be as convincing as possible.
Why can't we ever express ourselves in a way that will not be attacked by others? Especially in subjective fields, such as blogging - or music? I sometimes look up videos of live performances on youtube, and I am always amazed by the comments below almost every breath-taking performance - the amount of negativity people put into comparing one singer to another, insulting the singer, arguing why he should just shut up. I don't know how I could put up with such adversity (well, actually I know ; ), but I refuse to, for the moment). I may be able to ignore it, but until I understand it, and don't know if I would make the decision of confronting it. It might take some time until I am able to have an attitude comparable to Steve's, to say that I am thankful for the publicity my critics make for me.
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