the thing about having a public journal or weblog is that it's public.

if it's on a public server (that is, one connected to the outside world in any fashion) it will eventually be discovered by people you know.

some of them will tell you they're reading it. some of them won't. some of them will read it for amusement, some of them will read it out of spite.

if you talk about people and they read it, some people will assume you have good intentions, and some of them will assume that you have bad intentions. and some just won't care.

that's what you're signing up for when you make it public.

if that's not what you meant to sign up for, then unplug your server and go back to writing your thoughts down on paper, where the big danger is that the dog will eat it.