Dé Máirt, Bealtaine 16, 2006

A friendly reminder from a learned elder

There is a sizeable socialist minority in this country that believes in a strange concept they call a "right to privacy" that applies to proper state concerns like phone calls and sex. Many young users of Myspace and Facebook claim to believe in this treacherous idea. It is very strange than, that they choose to expose every aspect of their being, and even incriminate themselves, for the sake of looking cool on the internet. I would like to advise these misguided children that the internet is a public space. One who desires to post information online should do so under the assumption that everything that one ever has or ever will put on the internet will always be on the internet, especially if one is an attractive young woman who wishes to show her natural assets.
This is especially true when it comes to Facebook. What form of madness is it that inspires minors to show themselves drinking on school property? I assure you that your love of Old Style is by no means distinctive. This is not High School. The College crowd has developed inumerable, contidictary, and rigid standards of coolness that can not be changed by anything you put in a public forum. Your friends will think that you are the greatest person to ever live, everyone else will always think that you are an ignorant jock and/or elitest pussy.
As a 25 year old, 2000 high school graduate, I managed to escape the culture of full disclosure just as it started to catch on. Now that I have re-entered youth culture through my return to college, I am truly disgusted by the sight of a generation of sitting ducks; woefully unprepared for a century that is only going to get even more wicked and oppresive as it progresses.

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