Sunday, September 18, 2011

Internet ProTip for College Students

The Internet is an astonishingly powerful force.  What you say - or write - can effect your reputation for the rest of your life.

It appears that Canadian College student Sarah Grunfeld does not know this.  It's possible that she will spend the rest of her life trying to unlink the words "Sarah Grunfeld" from the word "stupid".  Google sees all, forgets nothing.

No need to thank me, it's all part of the service.

5 comments:

SiGraybeard said...

How much longer before this sort of thing is unremarkable? Before Canada's speech police is copied here, in first amendment land? Wait, I guess it's already here.

Remember when a Washington DC official, David Howard, used the word niggardly correctly in a sentence and was forced to resign because people didn't understand his vocabulary?

Anonymous said...

Funny, but sad and worrisome, too. Definitely not something that's unheard of here in the U.S.

45er said...

I love her response. Regardless of the context, just that he said it is concerning. Really? So, when we're teaching history, we can't say that it happened because it's concerning to even say something. Sounds like she is heading for Canadian Parliament with that kind of thinking.

Ritchie said...

It appears Canada Oh has great unsuspected deposits of moron gas, which can seep to the surface and render the populace nonsensical. We in the southern regions must quickly work to seal our geological strata to prevent the further migration of this menace. Quick, to the strata!

a_random_guy said...

Oh, it's already here.

Just look at some of the things that happen on US college campuses: the colleges telling students what opinions they are allowed to hold, and how they are allowed to express them.

Outside of college campuses, look at "hate crime" laws. These are nothing less than prosecution for opinions held - or that the prosecution thinks you might hold - after all, how can you really prove anything?