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That which cannot be undone. By (me!) Sandra, tvgp

    -coming soon..  as I have time to write it:  a belated concession to warren buffett.

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Makin' time write now:

K,  -one time long ago I was watching my charlie rose (hey, did i ever tell you about the time i got to meet and kiss charlie rose on the neck?)

"Yes. About 200 times already."

Anyway then.. He was interviewing warren buffett. And during this wonderful commercial free conversation (vs. Interrogation/exploitation), at the round oak table.. Warren said something about 'never doing ANYTHING you wouldnt want seen on the front page of an international newspaper the next day."

/i threw in the all caps and 'international..'

K..  At the time, it raced through my mind.. I do mean raced. -the gazzillion things ive said, thought and/or done that i certainly would not want seen on the front page of an international newspaper

Or even a national newspaper..

Or even a neighborhood newspaper...

Or even just family correspondence...

Or even just my very own diary.  Not even there!

But then it also raced through my mind... All i had learned; how i had grown..  How once you fast forward..  I knew (know) there were things i had done, i would not do again..

And i had to stop and ask..  "What if i had never done them at all?"

What if my entire life were G rated?   -because if you are sensitive to having anything you do that's say R or X-rated..  Or just S for stupid, or TI for terribly immature...   Or NATT for naive at the time....

If you are sensitive to that kind of thing in todays world -where so much can be hacked, shared, manipulated, confiscated, exploited,

You are doomed.

So that seems the choice to me.  Privacy is no more.

You live G rated lives from the womb to the heavens (seems it would improve your chances at the pearly gates doesnt it)

Or, you desensitize yourself to the outcome of the public at large having access to your actual otherwise private life.

Im just certain this is altering behavior; but for the better or worse i wont pretend to know..

What i do know.. Is that there is a large percentage of the population who are not conscious of the fact   -of the potential for their otherwise private experiences to become public..

And i am aware there is a certain population thrilled to exploit it..

And there are still others who enjoy manipulating it so that for attention, publicity, etc. Aim to make it look like their private experiences were 'accidentally' made public, when that was the intention all along..

But.. The main thing im inspired to do write now, is change my mind.

Because i remember responding to warren buffett with quite an animated "what kind of pathetic, boring, g-rated existence...

Like, that would so stifle your growth.. Abort important lessons.."

And now, i think..  You know what warren

You were write.

I just ache inside when i recall my teenage, and young adult years..

And then picture that...

And see todays teenagers, young adults with immediate, convenient, easy access to everything..

And everything recorded..

It at least seems important to frequently remind:  "everything you say and do   

Can and will most likely be

One day

Used against you.

Please dont say or do ANYTHING you wouldnt want seen on the cover of an international newspaper the next day."

posted by SHE @ 7:59 AM