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<blockquote data-quote="Yoshimitsu" data-source="post: 1011789" data-attributes="member: 71899"><p>Well I'll be using this as an object example to my children regarding a few matters:</p><p></p><p>1) Anything you say on social media can and may be used against you forever. Regardless of how harmless you thought it was at the time. You cannot trust strangers to have any empathy with your circumstances and will judge you harshly regardless.</p><p></p><p>2) Probably not best to be a horrible git in the first place.</p><p></p><p>Though on that first point, Jesus had a bit of a point on this one. "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone". Now I imagine some fare better than others but I'm not picking up rocks in a hurry. I did and said things as a younger person that wouldn't have stood the test of time well. Some of them I would roll out the defense of childhood naivety (Joey Deacon anyone?). However, I was well capable of being a bit of an idiot at least into university. Luckily for me, my every moment / thought wasn't captured for posterity and thus I can walk away from those moments with nothing other than a sense of mild shame that I was an insensitive oik.</p><p></p><p>For me the important thing is what he thinks now. Is he still a racist / classist bigot? Well if he is (and I would argue he has that right) then he's not going to be representing his country any time soon and he absolutely can't be captain. If he isn't it's going to take a spectacular display of contrition to convince the people that will look to destroy him. Make no mistake, a virtual mob may not end you physically but then can rob you of a career / opportunities.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Yoshimitsu, post: 1011789, member: 71899"] Well I'll be using this as an object example to my children regarding a few matters: 1) Anything you say on social media can and may be used against you forever. Regardless of how harmless you thought it was at the time. You cannot trust strangers to have any empathy with your circumstances and will judge you harshly regardless. 2) Probably not best to be a horrible git in the first place. Though on that first point, Jesus had a bit of a point on this one. "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone". Now I imagine some fare better than others but I'm not picking up rocks in a hurry. I did and said things as a younger person that wouldn't have stood the test of time well. Some of them I would roll out the defense of childhood naivety (Joey Deacon anyone?). However, I was well capable of being a bit of an idiot at least into university. Luckily for me, my every moment / thought wasn't captured for posterity and thus I can walk away from those moments with nothing other than a sense of mild shame that I was an insensitive oik. For me the important thing is what he thinks now. Is he still a racist / classist bigot? Well if he is (and I would argue he has that right) then he's not going to be representing his country any time soon and he absolutely can't be captain. If he isn't it's going to take a spectacular display of contrition to convince the people that will look to destroy him. Make no mistake, a virtual mob may not end you physically but then can rob you of a career / opportunities. [/QUOTE]
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