Iam sure that by now you have heard about the 20-something fool who tookpictures of herself and a friend behaving badly (which today is glorified andencouraged by reality tv shows like THE JERSEY SHORE and similar steaming pilesof excrement) at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington NationalCemetery.
Herreal mistake, however, was posting these pictures on Facebook for the world tosee. Shehas publicly apologized and, I expect, removed the pictures from her Facebookpage – which does not necessarily mean removing them from existence on theinternet. And she will soon be forgottenwhen some other idiot does something stupid and claims his/her fifteen minutesof infamy.
Butlet 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 stupid20-something, with the offending pictures. Do you think she will get the job?
IfI want to share my vacation pictures with my intimate circle of close friendsand family around the country (for, honestly, who else but my intimate circleof close friends and family would give a flying sex act about my vacationpictures) I will mail them prints, or send the pictures to them as an emailattachment.
Alarge segment of the great unwashed masses are stupid. But even smart people can have a momentarylapse of judgment and do something stupid. The purpose, and the legacy, of Facebook is to proclaim this stupidityto the world and to posterity.
TTFN
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