Fucking pissed off
Yesterday, I was sent an email by an aquaintance who is working with Indiegnous communities. He's not entirely one of the good guys, nor the worst of the bad guys. At any rate- the email includes a note not to forward (though it's sent to his entire email list) and describes the arrest of an Indigenous guy, where the officer then puts a boot into his face. Included were two photos of the guy with a massive purple bruise over his eyes.
After talking to Sean, I decided not to forward it, but to question whether it should be forwarded to relevant parliamentarians. Suffice to say I got a charming letter this morning, filled with paranoia, ranting about the consequences for all and sundry (all of which I'd laready known), claiming it to be confidential and from an ongoing case, and then ranting about how 'it seems out of character, but it's not up here' and how 'metrocentric (look- he can use big words) human rights cheerleaders from the south east' don't know anything about it.
Also suffice to say that I sent a politley worded but very angry email this morning that pertained to putting friends into moral and ethical quandries, then abusing them for lack of professionalism when the email was sent to a personal email rather than a work one, and pointing out that I knew very well what the repercussions were but wanted to clarify the situation (as he'd not given many details on what was going on- just the event itself).
But for fucks sake, what a fucktard- this stuff really angers me. He can't keep his mouth shut because he's uncomfortable with it, so he chooses to put all the rest of us into this situation (including me, whom he should have known would be uncomfortable with it), and THEN has the gall to blame ME! for something that is his own foolish responsibility. What is up with people these days? What really galls me is the abusive manner in which he approached my email- I apologised because I think it sounded like I was being flippant about the matter when I wasn;t, but nonetheless, I don't get why people (including personal aquaintances) think that it's acceptable to insult others when they have a perfectly reasonable reaction to being sent something they a) didn't ask for and b) should never have been sent- whether it requested that nothing be forwarded or not. Argh!
In other news, I had dreams of murdering someone last night- beating them to death no less (maybe prompted by the email, but also by watching "Insomnia"). The funny thing was, whenever I woke up I had this deep sense of guilt and fear that the police were coming for me. So wierd...
After talking to Sean, I decided not to forward it, but to question whether it should be forwarded to relevant parliamentarians. Suffice to say I got a charming letter this morning, filled with paranoia, ranting about the consequences for all and sundry (all of which I'd laready known), claiming it to be confidential and from an ongoing case, and then ranting about how 'it seems out of character, but it's not up here' and how 'metrocentric (look- he can use big words) human rights cheerleaders from the south east' don't know anything about it.
Also suffice to say that I sent a politley worded but very angry email this morning that pertained to putting friends into moral and ethical quandries, then abusing them for lack of professionalism when the email was sent to a personal email rather than a work one, and pointing out that I knew very well what the repercussions were but wanted to clarify the situation (as he'd not given many details on what was going on- just the event itself).
But for fucks sake, what a fucktard- this stuff really angers me. He can't keep his mouth shut because he's uncomfortable with it, so he chooses to put all the rest of us into this situation (including me, whom he should have known would be uncomfortable with it), and THEN has the gall to blame ME! for something that is his own foolish responsibility. What is up with people these days? What really galls me is the abusive manner in which he approached my email- I apologised because I think it sounded like I was being flippant about the matter when I wasn;t, but nonetheless, I don't get why people (including personal aquaintances) think that it's acceptable to insult others when they have a perfectly reasonable reaction to being sent something they a) didn't ask for and b) should never have been sent- whether it requested that nothing be forwarded or not. Argh!
In other news, I had dreams of murdering someone last night- beating them to death no less (maybe prompted by the email, but also by watching "Insomnia"). The funny thing was, whenever I woke up I had this deep sense of guilt and fear that the police were coming for me. So wierd...