Slapfights, on the theory of.

[leahbobet]

Y'know, I think I've located the glitch in our metaphor system; the semantic breakdown:

The internet is not a battlefield, upon which a war is fought. Against an enemy. Who requires no-holds-barred force.
The internet is not your house, which needs to be defended. From, again, some implied faceless mob of attackers.
The internet is not a square mile of territory which one can be driven off.
The internet is not a community which one can be ostracised from.
You cannot win the internet.

When you stop looking at it in those terms? You'd be surprised how unnecessary it all becomes.

Comments

[michaeldthomas.livejournal.com]

*g*

If anything, it's a stage with a bunch of bit players fighting to get into the spotlight.

[leahbobet.livejournal.com]

I dunno. This sounds a lot more dismissive than I mean it, but that implies anyone's watching. :p