forever forgotten

It seems to me that blogging may be a lost art, in the face of book, small ramblings about mostly nothing at all, and then of course the chatter of nonsense from the teen crowd that hundles over their cell phones adding lines of abbreviated dribble. What happened to the forum of serious conversation, Oh right, there are just some things people will not discuss, politics, religion and money. Issues which each of us in or own little worlds far removed from the truth of the matter form opinions based more on feeling that on fact. We refuse to converse with others who oppose our own febble attempts of being informed and wise in the ways of things mentioned above. We refuse to engage in discussions why, perhaps fearing exposure of wrong thinking. Perhaps fearing finding out the truth about anothers beliefs which do not agree with ours. Why not talk about them, right, I forgot, who would ever consider changing their mind on a topic based on additional information we have not had at our disposal before. No, I think most people prefer to remain in thier own isolated view of the world, seeking only information from those who support their own views, How shallow is that, I remember the movie Shallow Hal and after some reprograming he saw only what he believed to be true, but was not. Are most of those I know like that,I thik so, now does that exclude me, of course. I do believe I am open to the truth, if only those people could actually be open enough to give me facts rather then just compare or worse yet defaim those of the past in order to try to enhance the position of those in the present. Not on my watch!