I’m afraid to post anything. Anywhere. I’m afraid to put up a web page. Actually, come to it, after writing this message, I’m starting to get afraid to breathe.
I’m apparently stone-petrified that something I say or post will reveal something about myself, and be dug up and waved in my face months or DECADES from now.
I’m so worried about future repurcussions that I haven’t posted a single thing, anywhere, for . . . hm, almost two years now.
I used to post a LOT. I was incredibly helpful, spontaneous, and really quite wickedly funny. So much so, that I’ve gotten comped accounts and been invited to join certain big-time, prominent mailing lists. INVITED. They asked me, personally. (And I’ve accepted sometimes, too!)
But ever since dejanews and other mass-archiving sites took off, and CD burners and hard drives became dirt cheap, I’m really worried that something I say NOW could be used against me in a court of law LATER (look at Hillary Clinton’s remarks from 20+ years ago, for a single example of what I’m talking about . . . and that was long BEFORE today’s technology!).
These days, if I say I like zyglflips, or support Bspths, or am in favor of Blargs or kigrdizzes, that’s out there FOREVER. Even if I change my mind next week, I’ll always be on record as “the kigrdiz person”. Even if I spend the next 20 freakin’ YEARS volunteering, working and fundraising on the other side of the coin, I’ll still be known as “the kigrdiz person”! (See Jane Fonda for an example, I guess, although I don’t really know her circumstances).
And once it’s out that I once thought kigrdizzes were a good idea, I could lose my job, and/or be sued for tens of millions of dollars for pain, suffering, harrassment, or worse.
And to add to things, I just learned that I can legally be jailed for ANY infraction, ANY time ANYWHERE. Jaywalking, spitting, cussing within 4 miles of an innocent ear . . . it’s now legal to freakin’ IMPRISON me for any tiny wrongdoing whatsoever! And once imprisoned, I and my entire property can be searched and seized (no justification needed to seize, btw . . . it can be seized and held as “evidence” in perpetuity until, and if, the case comes to trial and is settled).
So, basically, if I say today that Bspths are [good/bad], and that fact is revealed and traced back to me any time in the future, I can go to jail, my property and possessions can be seized as “evidence” and never released, I can be sued for millions, and if this happens three times, I can be put on death row and put to death.
For the record, the same thing can also happen to me if I simply am arrested for jaywalking, littering, or creating a disturbance. Or creating an attractive nuisance (by having a bird bath or swimming pool, for example, even if I have 12 foot electrified razor-wire fencing around them and someone forces their way in!). Or theft, vandalism and burglary if I pick up a piece of trash lying on the ground or on a bus stop bench. That bench and wrapper could be someone’s artwork or their home, you know.
At this point, I can’t think of anything I CAN do that’s not illegal, and therefore, something for which I can be arrested and jailed, and then having my property searched and seized, and then having that happen three times and then going to death row.
Maybe, if I’m lucky, I can sneak a walk down the block, but there are no sidewalks here and it’s illegal to walk on the roadways, so even THAT’s not possible!!!
I give up. Apparently, I will soon be jailed for something or other, and all my assets seized. Two more times of that, and I’m in prison for life, or on death row.
The clock is ticking. My time is short. I wonder what my offenses will be?
