I
am sure that by now you have heard about the 20-something fool who took
pictures of herself and a friend behaving badly (which today is glorified and
encouraged by reality tv shows like THE JERSEY SHORE and similar steaming piles
of excrement) at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National
Cemetery.
Her
real mistake, however, was posting these pictures on Facebook for the world to
see.
She
has publicly apologized and, I expect, removed the pictures from her Facebook
page – which does not necessarily mean removing them from existence on the
internet. And she will soon be forgotten
when some other idiot does something stupid and claims his/her fifteen minutes
of infamy.
But
let us go forward 20 years. This fool,
now older and wiser, applies for a job and is being seriously considered. The personnel department will no doubt “google”
her and what will they find – the story of her foolish act as a stupid
20-something, with the offending pictures. Do you think she will get the job?
If
I want to share my vacation pictures with my intimate circle of close friends
and family around the country (for, honestly, who else but my intimate circle
of close friends and family would give a flying sex act about my vacation
pictures) I will mail them prints, or send the pictures to them as an email
attachment.
A
large segment of the great unwashed masses are stupid. But even smart people can have a momentary
lapse of judgment and do something stupid.
The purpose, and the legacy, of Facebook is to proclaim this stupidity
to the world and to posterity.
TTFN
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