So... What do you think of my blog?

There's a guy where I live. When I mention him to friends I call him 'Mr No Opinion' They all know who I mean. He's about my age. He's a smart guy who speaks good English and is studying for his doctrate in social science.

In England, a social science doctrate is all about creating and expressing an arguement. In other words, giving your opinion about something. Whenever I've tried asking this guy what he thinks about anything, it's as if I'm talking to a big fluffy cloud in the sky. It looks bright but, there's nothing inside, just emptiness and the occasional bit of water vapour.

For example, in February last year there were loads of protests against the Taksin government. I asked him what he thought about them. For a politics student he was amazingly vapid. 'I don't know' he said. ;What about last years coup?' I asked around the time of the first year anniversary. 'I think it's bad.' he said. 'Why?' I asked. 'Because, not good for government' he said. I wondered if he would try and clarify his answer, give some sort of reason why he thought this way. He didn't.

At one time it became almost a challenge to try and get an opinion out of him. One day, before B went back to France he caught the 2 of us sat in the lobby watching 'trainspotting,' a film I love, the soundtrack to my early 20's. He sat down with us and watched it too. When it ended, I couldn't resist the chance to ask him what he thought about the movie.

'Drugs are bad' was as much as the 2 of us could get out of him. 'What about the characters?' I asked. 'The storyline?.' 'I don't know' he said.

I've been hanging around the lobby all day today, surfing the net and playing around on MSN. So has he. I sent him a couple of links from my blog that I thought he might be interested in reading. Police corruption and the 'business' of volunteer teaching.' I asked him what he thought of them, and of my writing..

Finally, at last, an opinion about something... I couldn't contain my excitement.

'long,' he said. 'Very long.'

I take his point...

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