Is anything anymore Only your own business? In a day of High Tech Communications, you have a split second to decide what is & what isn't your business. Why? Because somebody somewhere has it on film or has read a blog or a police report or heard a scanner & within seconds Your Business has just become EVERYONE'S Business. And the Ramifications can be disastrous. You no longer have time to try & explain. Everyone now has their version of what happened & has made their own opinion on what you did. Case in point.
The 51 year old married football coach at Arkansas was riding his motorcycle with a 28 year old female college worker. He slid his cycle off the road which necessitated help from the local police. Oh, the 28 year old was not his wife. Within minutes, his story was all over the internet with all kinds of twists & inuendos. Before he had a chance to tell his wife or explain what happened, millions of opinions were formed & it looks like his life is in a big turmoil, which might included the loss of his job & of course problems with his marriage.
You may say, He should have known better & he was wrong with what he was "doing". But does OUR right to know , supercede a person's right to their privacy or private life of any kind? Is ANYTHING fair game for the Media?
The current Bountygate situation in New Orleans took on a new meaning with the release of audio/video of a coach using pretty damning language asking his players to hurt the opponents. Now, anyone who has played football knows that coaches & players sometimes use that kind of language as motivation. Do they realy want players to hurt other players?
It used to be it was the " Need to Know" that we used when giving out info. According to today's world... EVERYTHING is Needed to know. I think that's sad. I think this hurts people more then it helps. It makes us ALL "Nosey" So next time someone says to you, "Mind your own business"...You can say..."I Am."
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