Nasty Musings

A month ago, controversy arose over the Internet because of some teenage girl who ranted about her immersion activity with the Aetas required by her prominent university. She was complaining about how the children were so “kadiri” and that she did not bathe for one week there as there was no proper plumbing (Believe me, it sounds better when you read her version). Her biggest mistake? She posted this in her Facebook account. Even if she did limit her privacy settings to “friends only”, it was only a matter of time till one of her Facebook friends would expose her outbursts and forward it to the mailing groups. While I did react violently over the things that she wrote (they were horrible actually), to a certain extent, she is just human. One time or another, all of us may have harbored terrible thoughts to ourselves or put it in our own personal journal. But I guess at this day and age, that simply isn’t enough. Some people just want their thoughts to be heard by others and in turn, react to what they wrote. So next time you feel like placing socially unacceptable remarks/rants in your Facebook/Friendster/online blog, maybe it’s best to get a pen and a journal and let it all loose.