I will probably expand on some of these in the near future, but it's been a rough week mentally and can't seem to concentrate on anything other than baseball. Sad, hmm?
It's amazing how much you see people for who they are from afar. I'm not singling anyone out, but I mean see people in general. I think back to my years of working summers away from home and even then I'd get a letter, a call, etc. Nowadays everyone is so concerned with themselves, other's lives are completely unimportant. I guess in my attempt to wait some people out, I'm no better.
Seeing things only through the lines of Facebook, I bet I could predict with razor sharp accuracy, the next break up, divorce, adulterous indiscretion (or at least the attempt), friend split, sickness, nervous breakdown or worse. I used to reach out to people, but I'm starting to see through the lines and now only do so for those I truly fear for.
I'm wondering when a law will be made about posting about your children. I don't mean a picture of them, I mean about them. About their woes at school, their relationships, their struggles, etc. It's a form of child abuse and bullying. Sure, you don't think so, because you're not yelling or hitting them, but you, as a parent or guardian or even just a friend, have no legal right to out their problems. It should and may very well be a crime. Imagine if your adolescence had been broadcast? I don't think I'd like the world to know about my porn collection or my bed wetting. My suspensions or my fights. I don't even think I'd like the world to know about my great test scores or my minor achievements. Those were for the refrigerator and the dinner table and even know, with all our technology, it's where they should stay.
It's amazing how much you see people for who they are from afar. I'm not singling anyone out, but I mean see people in general. I think back to my years of working summers away from home and even then I'd get a letter, a call, etc. Nowadays everyone is so concerned with themselves, other's lives are completely unimportant. I guess in my attempt to wait some people out, I'm no better.
Seeing things only through the lines of Facebook, I bet I could predict with razor sharp accuracy, the next break up, divorce, adulterous indiscretion (or at least the attempt), friend split, sickness, nervous breakdown or worse. I used to reach out to people, but I'm starting to see through the lines and now only do so for those I truly fear for.
I'm wondering when a law will be made about posting about your children. I don't mean a picture of them, I mean about them. About their woes at school, their relationships, their struggles, etc. It's a form of child abuse and bullying. Sure, you don't think so, because you're not yelling or hitting them, but you, as a parent or guardian or even just a friend, have no legal right to out their problems. It should and may very well be a crime. Imagine if your adolescence had been broadcast? I don't think I'd like the world to know about my porn collection or my bed wetting. My suspensions or my fights. I don't even think I'd like the world to know about my great test scores or my minor achievements. Those were for the refrigerator and the dinner table and even know, with all our technology, it's where they should stay.
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