Facing the music
Is my blog dead? I honestly don't want to say that it is, but it's getting harder to ignore the reality. Look at the date on that last posting; that was a long time ago.

Let's say I'm on a Blogbreak. Blogbreak, eh? I like the sound of that! I feel a domain registration in the offing.

A lot has happened since I last blogged. Google has bought Blogger (I guess you already knew that), War in Iraq looms ever closer and the sky has turned green (OK, I made that last one up).

And speaking of the looming war in Iraq, am I the only person on the face of the Earth who doesn't have a strongly-held position on this thing? Because everything I read and every conversation I have changes my point of view. I believed six contradictory things about Gulf War II before breakfast, and try as I might I can't come up with any clear answers.

So, can I just NOT have an opinion on this one? Many of the arguements I'm hearing from both sides of the debate are poorly thought out and require idealogical leaps of faith I'm not prepared to make. On the other hand, I've read a lot that has impressed me, but I've yet to find anything which could push me off my fence.

What it comes down to is that until Amazon delivers that brand new crystal ball, I'm going to sit around and nod a lot. I'll agree with whatever the other person says and smile sagely. And then, a few years from now, with the advtantage of 20/20 hind-sight, I plan to point fingers, make grave moral pronouncements and pretend I was with the good guys all along.

Honestly, I've given this thing a lot of thought and I'm just not sure. Maybe all of those people marching against the war had given it more thought, but I doubt it. Maybe they're all smarter than me, or have a more highly developed sense of morality. No doubt many are and do, but I'm betting that a hell of a lot of them aren't and don't.

Maybe they're better informed and read better newspapers.

Hmmm.

Have I abrogated all moral responsibility by not having an opinion?

Does that make me bad?