Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
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(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Fri, Jan 23 2015
It's not just aboout Raif Badawi
I love writing about the world of writing, particularly fiction writing. But I want to take a moment to express sadness over the punishment of fellow blogger Raif Badawi. I'm so blessed to be able to write from a place of freedom. I don't go out of my way to offend others, but if I express disagreement with some political or religious leader, there is no one on my porch to take me away and throw me in prison. We don't flog people here for thinking or writing about what they think.
There is always an argument concerning bloggers and their place in society. Some say we are journalists. Some insist that we are not. The title doesn't matter, but the work does. And if we silence journalists, essayists, pundits, bloggers and storytellers, we'll soon see the basics of the freedom of speech fall in all other ways. Then other freedoms will fall. We need more speech rather than less. I hope the Saudi religious leades will choose to lower their weapons of hate and control over the very people they should be championing in their society.
posted at: 07:42 | category: /Writing Life | link to this entry
I love writing about the world of writing, particularly fiction writing. But I want to take a moment to express sadness over the punishment of fellow blogger Raif Badawi. I'm so blessed to be able to write from a place of freedom. I don't go out of my way to offend others, but if I express disagreement with some political or religious leader, there is no one on my porch to take me away and throw me in prison. We don't flog people here for thinking or writing about what they think.
There is always an argument concerning bloggers and their place in society. Some say we are journalists. Some insist that we are not. The title doesn't matter, but the work does. And if we silence journalists, essayists, pundits, bloggers and storytellers, we'll soon see the basics of the freedom of speech fall in all other ways. Then other freedoms will fall. We need more speech rather than less. I hope the Saudi religious leades will choose to lower their weapons of hate and control over the very people they should be championing in their society.
posted at: 07:42 | category: /Writing Life | link to this entry
