However… I’d probably do the same under those circumstances (read Hiromi’s blog for explanation). It may be a weak reason… but a reason I sympathize with.

Remember, Google is your friend.

You mean “warp and weft,” right? ;-)

Sorry, all due respect, no offense, etc.
Keep up the good work.

I am a Usenet, BBS veteran myself and I remember the rant, love the rant. The best part of a rant however was the response, in those days we welcomed the fight, the cross rant, the arguement. At least those I was with did.

I think we all need to realize that blogging is a deeply personal excersise. And that the ultimate success of blogging depends on this remaining true. The converse side of that deeply personal experience is a deeply personal decision to no longer participate. I would hope that those who decide to do so would also decide to leave their blogs intact. But I also admit that they might have valid or not so valid reasons for not doing so. That IS a regretful decision. But it must remain their individual right to have that decision. Hopefully it will be a considered one, a thoughtful one, but we have no guarantee that it will be.

And that is simply a fact of human life, someone is going to eventually do something that we don’t understand, that isn’t logical, that is totally emotional. It’s all part of the human condition.

In the end, I am not trying to convince anyone of anything. In the true spirit of debate I simply bring forth my own personal opinion. I would welcome a world where those who blog do so for all of eternity, but I recognize the fact that will never happen.

Some people shy away from discussion, thinking that all difference of opinion is somehow an attack.

It isn`t, of course.

A good discussion, such as this one, will hopefully bring all opinions to the table, and allow us to see different perspectives on a subject.

Discussion is healthy.

Personally, I have followed this discussion, and have come away from it seeing other points which I perhaps would not have thought of on my own. It is good to see life from various perspectives.

I would perhaps never have given this subject any thought, were it not for Bacchus`s post.
And it is a good subject for thought.

Bacchus is not under attack for his views, in fact, quite the opposite.
He has presented an excllent discussion subject, and made us think a little bit more about what we do, and perhaps why we do it.

Look at the number of comments on this page. How many of us will now give a little bit of thought to how we relate to others on the internet, where we might not have done before.

Since following this discussion, I have now been thinking about what I would do. At the moment, I have no answers, but at least Bacchus has brought the topic into my mind.

In the past, I have known what the effects of losing traffic to my own site are when a site goes down.
Now,I have more than one site, and, I have a couple of listing sites which send traffic to other people. They are small just now, but are growing.
If, in a few years time, they have become much bigger, and people rely on them for some of their traffic, and I, for whatever reason can`t continue…

I now realise that I have a responsibility to others, and this should be borne in mind when the time finally comes.

I would not have even thought of this until seeing the various viewpoints brought to the table.

It has been quite a discussion on an important subject.

Good discussion Bacchus.