Thalai's Thatuvam

I have heard about armchair philosophy, armchair politics but this was the first time i heard the term armchair activism. In a news item on CNN-IBN yesterday evening, this term was used. Blogging is nothing but an armchair activism, People who don't like to go on the roads and fight for the cause take up blogging and fight for the problems over the net. Is blogging really an armchair activism?

It can be argued for and against. I am not too sure about the statistics but my gut feeling is that most people who don't like to face consequences for speaking what they think right engage themselves in blogging and express their opinions without fear. But there are many more who do go to roads, fight for the cause and also blog about the same. Take for example the reservation issue; there were lots of protests on the road as well as on the net. There were lots of blogger who fought for it on the roads but not on the net. Raising your voice for an issue is important; it doesn't matter whether it is over the net or on the road. Your voice should be heard and if you feel you can make all the deaf ears hear what you write then you have made your point. For the media the protests on roads make it to their headlines and shows but not the protests carried out on the net and probably it is because of that missing masala news for the media, they have resorted to calling blogging as an armchair activity.

Finally to conclude, "Pen is mightier then sword but in recent times, Keyboard's have become mightier then pens or swords".