My last blog. Maybe.

Today marks the last blogging class at college, and therefore this may also be my last post. I'd like to think that I might continue expressing myself and my views online, but I fear that time will slip away before I know it, and this blog shall gather virtual dust.

This is not to say that I haven't enjoyed this experience, because I have, and feel that if more people took to the blogging arena, then more great ideas and opinions could be born.

We all love moaning about this or that, offering our opinion on the news or other events, and blogging is a great way to have these voices heard.

Even on a smaller scale, there are so many ways to give your opinion online these days. Most major news websites have a space to leave comments on the stories in question, and social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook have space to talk some sense. Youtube lets you make a vlog about what you think, or lets you leave your comments on others.

With so much room to talk, it's amazing how few people do it. There are thousands of bloggers online, I have no doubt, but there are billions of humans on the planet. Why you wouldn't take the opportunity to express yourself, when so many doors are open that offer it?

Even as recent as less than 100 years ago, people's opinions were overlooked or ignored. Nowadays, the political system in Britain is almost transparent; it's democratic, accessible, and open for opinion, giving all the chance to have an equal say  in what goes on.

So why don't people make the most of it?

I believe it all comes down to laziness. In the Scottish elections last year, around 50% of the electorate voted. That means, half the country just couldn't be bothered to mark a paper with an 'X'.

I cannot wait to vote, and can't understand why anyone wouldn't.

I love to have my say, even if it makes no real difference, because at least then I can be happy with what I've said.

In the history of this blog, I've probably annoyed or irritated any Conservative, Labour or SNP supporter, anybody who supports capital punishement, anybody who smokes or drinks that little bit too much. That's not even mentioning those who supported the burning of the poppy wreaths, or those who mercilessly massacre chickens.

But at least I gave my opinion. I'm not going to be able to abolish the death penalty, or enforce laws against binge drinking. But I've made it clear for all to see, that I don't agree with those things.

And for me, that's what counts.