Anonymous Publicity

(Pun intended for the title above. Copyright of author here, unless someone already beat me to it - grin!)

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Since publishing my blogs on the web, I've received a number of comments from my visitors. Besides those sincere appreciations and encouragements that prodded me to write further, I noticed something rather odd, or should I say, disturbing...

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Generally, we all agree that freedom of speech and expression are two valuable assets that help people grow and interact without fear, if such freedoms are used responsibly. This is the reason why I've enabled the 'Allow anonymous comments' option in my blog - to spare my readers the pain of having to register as a member in order to share their thoughts about my articles. Unfortunately, to date I've received a few anonymous comments that made use of my blogs to link to their commercial websites. This is, to me, an unacceptable (if not unethical) practice. I have since deleted these from my blogs.

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Any person who cares enough to share their thoughts and emotions in their own blogspots should be treated with some degree of respect and dignity, instead of being exploited by others for personal monetary gains. A person's lifestory is a sacred sanctuary that should not be desecrated, because that lifestory has the potential of making a difference in another's life. My earnest advice to all my readers is, if you have a fair comment to post, by all means do so; but please don't include links to any website that carries commercial interests (I can make do without such publicity, thank you), because most assuredly comments of such nature will only end up in one place - the trash can.

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Now that I've make clear my point, I do hope that people who happen to drop in will find some inspirations from the things that I shared, and if you do find my blog a nice place, feel free to visit as often as you want to: I'll be most glad to play host to you.

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onegai shimasu!