Revive 'The Begining'

Well Well..So I've been an inconsistent blogger, to such an extent that I forgot my userid password too ! Something not-so-strange did serve as a strong inspiration to make me blog tonight.
It's better that I make a mention of this before the inspiration fizzles out. I was reading wired.com - an attempt to keep abreast of the tech happenings and also improve my reading comprehension (no questions please !)
I came across an article titled 'Bloggers shrinking the planet'.
Before I delve further into this topic - I want to ask a question
Why did you start blogging ?
- Just coz ur pal was blogging ?
- You thought it would be a great idea to have a blogsite ?
- You want to share your pics, stories, ideas and happenings in life ?

For me the reason was quite simple - all my friends were blogging and the peer pressure was too much to bear so I started blogging. All of the above reasons apply to me. I am a pathetic reader and a worse writer, I think a lot but its all unstructured. Ok !! I am not delving further. Back to the point - the article on wired.com

Why did an exile start blogging ?
- To expose the government oppression.
- For a political and social cause.

I do not wish to make any political statement here - please refer http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,72319-0.html?tw=wn_index_1

So this whole article struck a fire in my beer belly.

~ Blogsites are mightier than pen