A few days ago I wrote a post about Lisa Ling’s Our America: Amateur Porn documentary. I feel the post was a good one, despite the fact that I wrote it. But I received a comment/question asking what was the purpose of the post,
Hi Nikki. I guess I wonder at the value of sharing about something like this. Is the purpose to inform or titilate. I know every story doesn’t have to have a moral and I am certainly not a moralist but what really is the purpose of this?
to which I replied,
I enjoy Lisa Ling’s show and was doing a recap of it. That was all. I am going to another one tonight which focuses on polygamy.
After I wrote my reply, I re-read the question again and found myself really thinking about it in hopes of giving a better answer. But instead of re-responding to the comment/question, I decided to write a blog. And why not. I am a blogger after all.
As mentioned in my pre-post to the post, I am fan of Lisa Ling and especially of the show Our America. When it was one last year, I wasn’t into recapping/reviewing shows as I am now. Sometimes I stay with one show, as in the case of Mob Wives, or I write on a particular episode of a show when it has an impact on me. My reason for writing about Our America was because I enjoy the show, as I have mentioned numerous times already. And because I have been blogging more on various subjects (see the many blogs I have here on WordPress) I thought I would begin blogging on the different subjects she covers in her show.
So, my reason for the post was nothing outside of just blogging and sharing a story. I think what might have caught the reader off guard was the subject line Amateur Porn. I can’t say for sure, but that did run through my mind when I was thinking of his comment/question. I could be wrong.
My blogs are not meant to offend anyone. My blogs are meant to enlighten others as I have been enlightened by blogs I have read, and continue to read. I keep my blogs G-PG rating with hopes of engaging people in conversation, either with me or with each other.
I don’t claim to be a deep thinker. I just think a lot.
The Opinionated Telly 