I think people who insist on adding their 20 cents worth of opinion to internet blog sites are, like those who are prepared to call in to radio talk shows, a bit different to the rest of us.
But I find both forms of communication strangely compelling and can't resist scrolling through the postings on the rugby websites after a big game or newsworthy event.
If you take the time to sift through the hysterical and idiotic, you can come across some pretty interesting viewpoints.
And if ever an issue got the blogosphere into a spin, it's the furore going on over the Crusaders invitation to local schools to send their top under-16 players for evaluation with a view to eventually winning a spot at the Crusaders Academy in New Zealand.
SA rugby is incensed. They asked the New Zealand Rugby Union to intervene, saying "what we find frankly horrifying is the systematic and widespread targeting of young players in SA." That's fair enough and justified.
What isn't being said, however, and the bloggers are shouting it out loud and clear, is that the Crusaders project stands every chance of success in South Africa because so many of the parents of young white rugby players are open to it.
It's public knowledge that a quota system is in place in junior rugby in South Africa. Every squad of 22 at the Craven Week must have nine players of colour in it and five must be on the field at all times. At the next level down, the National Academy Week, and the under-16 Grant Khomo Week it's 11 players of colour per squad.
I have been going to the Craven Week for 25 years and have seen some brilliant players of colour come through in recent years. That would probably never have happened if provinces weren't forced, via a quota system, to find and develop those players. And I agree that the unfair practices of the apartheid past would never have gone away if everyone was left to practise "business as usual."
There are, however, consequences to programmes of forced compliance and for every black player that is given a chance on the basis of his potential rather than his proven ability, there is a white player of equal potential, and often greater ability that is left out. (And of course there are more and more black players who do have proven ability being selected all the time - they are not the ones I'm talking about).
And then the Crusaders come along with their offer! Perception is as important as reality and the perception, in the light of what I've said above, is that if you are white your chances of making it in South African rugby are reduced. That's certainly what is being said on the rugby blogs. So the impression I get is that many fathers, and many school coaches, would be prepared to participate in the exercise if invited.
Our school sport system is the best in the world, that's why we are being targeted, in rugby and cricket. We've all seen how well the South Africans in the England cricket team are doing, and I read that there are six South Africans in the SkySports Dream Team for the 2010 English Premiership.
Is it just me, or is there a pattern emerging? Our rugby authorities need to do more to convince talented young players that they are wanted at home or we run the risk of becoming a feed lot for other countries who are not as good at developing their own young talent.