Why Evils?

The gift of the internet and technological advancement comes with its fair share of woes.
Sadly, the same technology that gives us endless opportunities makes us accountable for every action. There are almost no more secrets. What I wonder is when people will realize that. I have seen enough snapshots of BB Messenger Chats circulate Twitter and BBM to know that people are brutal in their exposure. Let's just say we ALL need to become a little bit smarter to avoid being caught if we say anything we aren't supposed to.

The recent explosion of explicit pictures of Funmi Odeyemi on the internet are beyond upsetting. Why anyone would want to do destroy a young woman's life is beyond me. What would that do the perpetrator? Will it make him or her sleep better at night?  It is unjustifiable. And if you want to say her life is not ruined, put yourself in her shoes. Think about what we here her roles were at church and how judgmental Nigerians are. I believe in karma and whatever the story is, whoever leaked pictures of her will HAVE it and have it hard.

Honestly, I thought we'd all learned from the leaked celebrity pictures. Week after week, we see compromising pictures of celebrities and hypothesize about how they got out. One of two questions can be asked:

1. Why do people SEND nude pictures of themselves to others? Girlfriend/Boyfriend/Lover/Spouse. Relationships change and somehow those pictures may get out.

2. Why do people TAKE nude pictures of themselves? Look in the mirror, and move along.

I'm not trying to be self-righteous... We all have skeletons in our closets. But do we have to make mistakes to learn from them? I'm one to shy away from a scandalous situation. I'd rather live vicariously through others and tell someone else's story.

All I'm trying to say is that malicious people now have more ammunition, they have machine guns. Shouldn't we all wear bullet proof vests and helmets? I'm actually terrified that we'll get to a stage where each individual will be able to listen in all our phone calls. Then we'd ALL be screwed. Little gossip will become a scandal and the wrong word will end a friendship, a marriage. Sigh... Everything is so fragile these days, it's exhausting. Sometimes I feel like I'm walking on egg shells when I speak to/ chat with some people. Oh well.... We should all be on guard.

I'm still here, mourning the loss of lives in acts of terrorism on fellow Nigerians. Being extra-vigilant with the heightened security risk. I say a prayer for the country. May we have peace.

Yours Truantly,
IJ