Internet Publishing and Blogs

Can we rely on the source?
Can we trust the information we find in Blogs?
How do you know if a blogger is telling the truth or telling lies? Is there a bias?


I can't trust all the information I find in Blogs. Of course, I trust some information I can confidence. For example, big and famous websites or public websites can't tell lies, I think. Even if they tell lies, I wouldn't suspect it. If some websites tell same things, I would trust them.
Many people publish their opinion with biases, and many people read them with biases.
The biases is sometimes same, and sometimes different from each other.
So, in some blogs and BBS, people would be exciting, and sometimes it is too much.
I think everyone should calm down more.


Do you see any differences in the websites?

I found the interesting website about Sushi Police. It's this.
http://www.japantoday.com/jp/news/400998

1, In Japan, people think Sushi Police is not very good idea, but Japanese dish in other countries is too bad. They think it is not real Japanese food.

http://www.superblog.jp/mt/2006/12/17-184632.php

2, In other countries people think Sushi Police is very bad idea, because Japan also have missed American and European food. Why only Japanese food have to be controlled?

http://www.freemarketnews.com/WorldNews.asp?nid=27349

3, I think the Japan page is biased because American and Western food in Japan is exactly not real. Japanese government is that the pot calls the kettle black, I think. Why Japanese government makes Sushi Police? However, in my opinion, Japanese food in America is not good taste. So, both of them have the bad part.

Privacy and Responsibility on the Internet

I am a student. I have used Internet for 5 years.
Now, I study about safety and security on the Internet.

We are discussing various topics. The first topic is Privacy and Responsibility.

When I was in a high school, I didn't study much about them. Especially, I couldn't learn how to protect us from the dangers on the Internet.

Do you think most people in Japan any aware of the dangers on the Internet? Why?

I think that many Japanese don't aware of them. People don't wonder they are involved in a Internet crime or some dangers on the Internet. However, nowadays, we can know them on the media. The dangers of the internet seem to be important for our “internet” life little by little. We must know them more minutely, because the media is not always honest and perfect. It is good to teach the dangers of the internet in the school, I think.