Hooked and Sinkered

One of the things I really love about the internet is the ability to talk to people with whom you would never have otherwise even figured out how to get in touch with.

Look at me, an amateur writer, no one cares much for what I have to say, but I can say it anyway - and to the whole world!

What brought this on? My favourite thing to muse about lately: people who irritate me. People who irritate me always have interesting things to say; interesting things which I never agree with. I'm not sure if they irritate me because I think they shouldn't be worth it yet they still interest me, or if they interest me because they irritate me. For now I will just accept that the fault is entirely mine for enjoying and seeking out confrontation.

At the moment, my two favourite people to read are Andrew Bolt and Lee Goldberg, not necessarily in that order. What do they have in common? Well.. they are both writers (for some reason), they are both arrogant, they both seem to be trying to change the world and... well, they both say things which are just, well, stupid.* However, they put their views forward in such a way that people actually read it. Each time I get sucked in and find myself reading something one of these gentleman has written, I get to the end and realise I have wasted another thirty seconds of my life.

But, because I disagree so strongly with what they have said, I find myself really thinking about it, and analysing it. Most interestingly, I have thought about something that I would not have otherwise thought about.

What I really want to say here is that while in my opinion, the world definitely does not need any more of these people, they do have their place. We really do need those people that makes us go "Hmmmmm.... No."



*Apologies if this word offends, but I really cannot find a better adjective at this time.