I'm going to just suggest a linkage, or perhaps rupture, between what Mike just posted and Helen's earlier direction - if the impetus to blog arises from oppression (this might not be a fair reduction of Gonzo, but for the sake of argument, if...), Mike's point suggests that if oppression did not exist, we would have to invent it. I.e., do we blog because we are oppressed, or do we posit some mode of oppression in order that we may blog?