The internet is a wonderful thing. The resource information for a multitude of topics is virtually unlimited.
Yet, like with anything else in this world of ours, it is abused by
heartless people who have no respect for themselves or others. They'd
rather cause problems with viruses and worms and such, possibly to
elevate themselves in their own minds and the minds of other that their
notoriety is fame to be admired. That train of thought is a sickness in
itself, and one can't help but wonder if the brains of those who
delight in such acts aren't filled with worms and viruses.
After starting this journal on AOL, the day after I wrote my thoughts
on the war in Iraq and not forgetting how it began, popups became
ingrained on some of the pages in a website (no longer listed here).
Those popups would not go away, no matter what you did to eliminate
them.
Rather than respond to my thoughts within the journal, some coward on
the internet decided to take a more vicious tactic. One can only assume
it came from the Republican religious right -- for whom many of us are
losing respect on a daily basis. That group claims to love and follow
the Lord, but perhaps they should go back and read the Gospels of Jesus
Christ. How many so-called "Christians" actually follow the teachings
of the Son of God? How many of them are listening to Satan, believing
it is God? How many of them choose to hurt others rather than respect
and love their neighbors ... the ones they can see and the ones they
can't?
The internet is a wonderful tool for the exchange of ideas. We all have
opinions, and here we have the right to express them. To prompt hate
and criminal activity (which includes destruction of other people's
property, including websites) is not the desire of most people who
spend many hours at a computer and enjoy the still novel concept of
having their thoughts and ideas spread around the world.
Some people don't want us to have individual concepts and will do
anything they can to stop people who threaten their way of thinking. If
they win, freedom loses. But a fact of life is, malicious people are
out there and they will continue to hate, discriminate and violate the
principles of the Bible. Some of them may even be among the
congregation at your church service this weekend.
I may disagree with your way of thinking, but I won't hurt you or your
creations. Please provide me with the same courtesy, and that will be a
step toward making the world at large and the world of the Internet a
better place.
