a blog too far...

The second hardest thing about starting a blog is being provocative enough to be worth reading but without going over to the DARK SIDE. The DARK SIDE, in case you're not aware, is characterised by a general similarity to the DEVIL, including horns, redness of face, sulpherous emissions, complaining, expressing views not considered appropriate by the powers that be, or generally making any reference to the fact that life isn't PEACHY at all.

If you recognise any of the obove symptoms, then beware, the second death awaits. But all is not lost. The secret elixir of sumbission will heal all...

But then again, at the risk of ruining the rhetorical force of the above, because blogs are in the public domain they really can have a dark side. There's a fine line between healthy debate and disparagement or obloquy (word of the day), but the world needs people ready to find out where that line is, as long as their intention isn't deliberate mischief-making. In the words of a No Fear slogan:

if you're not living on the edge you're taking up too much room.