Take some of your own advice, this is from your blog honey.
BTW, I know you want me, but I'm a man. 
"Wednesday, June 6, 2007
If You Don't Have Anything To Say, Please Don't Say It
You know the old expression, "If you don't have anything nice to say about someone don't say anything at all". Well, I'm the first to admit that I haven't always followed that suggestion. Gossip is entertaining (as long as they aren't talkin' about you!) and that's just a fact of human nature. The world wide web has given us the ability to gossip to our hearts content about everyone and everything to the n'th degree. Chat boards, on-line news groups, blogs(!), you name it! We can all babble mindlessly to our hearts content. It's amazing how many people I run into on some boards at 3am who can't sleep either...
Unfortunately, with all of this ability to chat flagrantly and anonymously about anyone at anytime comes a downside. The internet meanie.
The ability to hide behind a computer screen brings out the absolute worst in some people. Personal attacks on famous and the not so famous, fellow chat board members, politicians are all fair game for folks who, sadly, have nothing intelligent to say, just an ax to grind.
Now, don't get me wrong. I argue with people on line all the time. In fact, I'm so good at it that I sometimes wonder why Al Gore doesn't come along and revoke my internet posting privileges...after all, he invented it....right? Hey, if I agree with someone I back them up. If I don't agree I air an alternate opinion. I get accused of being a know-it-all on a fairly regular basis here in cyberspace. Do I care? Not really...It IS all anonymous after all....As far as I'm concerned, we are all here posting opinions. I might agree with [email protected] one day and disagree with him the next. It's nothing personal. By the way, I made that handle up, if there really is a knowitall61 I wasn't really talking about you...sorry!
My issue is with people who insult and defame just for the sake of seeing their words in print. Pure and simple meanness for the sake of being mean. I don't understand it. I never will. I post that the sky is blue and some internet meanie not only says it's green, but calls me an A-hole for saying it's blue. OK, I don't get it...You don't agree, that's fine, present an opposing view that is somewhat lucid. I'll engage in an intelligent argument just about anytime, anywhere. What I won't do is attack someone just for the sake of attacking them. I know what happens. You are sitting at your computer reading a chat board and you want to contribute. You don't really have anything to say but everyone else is posting and you wanna' post too! Instead of forming an opinion on the topic you just start ripping in to the other participants...Hey! THIS IS SO COOL!!! I'M ON THE INTERNET!!! Yeah. OK...
It seems that no one is exempt from the meanies. When did everyone from movie stars and television personalities to news or chat group members and kids on a my space page become fair game? It's easy to insult, hurt and just plain lie about people when you don't have to look them, their friends or their family in the eye and face the consequences of your hateful words.
Where am I going here? Eh, who knows, I had a good idea of what I wanted to say when I started but right now I'm desperately in search of a clue of how to finish this off with a lucid conclusion....there's that short attention span thing kickin' my ass again...
Look, just be cool. Don't hurt people just for the sake of having something to post. Don't dump on people for their opinions...Try to come up with an opposing view and present it instead. Who knows, you might actually learn something...if not about a topic, than at least about yourself..."
Whew, that's a long and boring read. lol
The pictures of at least 3 of the women listed (Alese, Carla & Tory) were taken from foreign websites. That's enough for me to stay far away from this place!
The proof is in the link, for anyone interested.
Regards,
Voyager
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