If my eyes were rolling any more...
They'd fall right out of my head.
I've been "on the net" since before "www" replaced "bbs" and have seen a lot come and go...I've also grown a whole heck of a lot myself.
Guess that's why it exasperates and amuses me to some degree when I see folks get all "het up" over some issue of internet privacy or what they "think" that means. See, I'm a part of several online groups and all of them w/ different levels of 'privacy' attached...and right now one of those groups is going through a major shake up that I just find rather childish (as opposed to child-like) and fraught with more baggage and crap than one would imagine possible out of a bunch of supposed adults.
Through my own journey in this life, I've learned a few things such as:
1. People will be people and will continue doing stupid, senseless, thoughtless and hurtful things regardless of their higher ideals.
2. We'd all like to think that "our own particular group" of people would be above and apart from the crap in the world.
3. Regardless of the action, behaviors, etc of others, I *must* stand in my own truth...that also means that I have to watch my words so that I can stand behind them with integrity...in this way, regardless of whether someone else is or isn't trustworthy to keep my words safe/sacred, I've no worries because I'm willing to own them.
But in the end, I'm also human w/ my own faults and judgements...I feared that this particular group would be inundated w/ drama queens and folks I'd consider emotionally unstable...and it is...and you'd *think* that folks who consider themselves so "enlightened" would be a bit more self-aware.
Guess I need to go back and read rule #1 again for myself.
I've been "on the net" since before "www" replaced "bbs" and have seen a lot come and go...I've also grown a whole heck of a lot myself.
Guess that's why it exasperates and amuses me to some degree when I see folks get all "het up" over some issue of internet privacy or what they "think" that means. See, I'm a part of several online groups and all of them w/ different levels of 'privacy' attached...and right now one of those groups is going through a major shake up that I just find rather childish (as opposed to child-like) and fraught with more baggage and crap than one would imagine possible out of a bunch of supposed adults.
Through my own journey in this life, I've learned a few things such as:
1. People will be people and will continue doing stupid, senseless, thoughtless and hurtful things regardless of their higher ideals.
2. We'd all like to think that "our own particular group" of people would be above and apart from the crap in the world.
3. Regardless of the action, behaviors, etc of others, I *must* stand in my own truth...that also means that I have to watch my words so that I can stand behind them with integrity...in this way, regardless of whether someone else is or isn't trustworthy to keep my words safe/sacred, I've no worries because I'm willing to own them.
But in the end, I'm also human w/ my own faults and judgements...I feared that this particular group would be inundated w/ drama queens and folks I'd consider emotionally unstable...and it is...and you'd *think* that folks who consider themselves so "enlightened" would be a bit more self-aware.
Guess I need to go back and read rule #1 again for myself.