The Danger of Blogging...My Disclaimer

As a neophyte blogger, before posting anything serious, I felt the need to post a disclaimer. My goal for this blog is simply to put my thought down (on paper?); to work through some of the things that I've been thinking about. None of the forthcoming posts should be assumed to hold the status of dogma in my mind...While I am confident about many of the views I hold, others change from one moment to the next. I don't plan on footnoting very often, although it must be assumed that I owe a debt of gratitude to many who have influenced my thinking. I'm not yet pretentious enough to suppose that anything I've posted will be read by anyone other than myself, which, of course, begs the question: why do I need a disclaimer? I'm not sure, but I think its probably due to the incredible vulnerability that comes with putting one's thoughts "out there". It's easy to say things when you know that nobody can prove what you said. Spoken words just sort of disappear into the air. Writing down your thoughts in a semi-public forum: that can be a dangerous endeavor...