Accountability and Common Sense

I just recently saw a video posted onto someone's facebook account.. and I have to say.. I was horrified at what I saw. This person posted a video of a dog, and a kitten who was chained up, and yes the dog attacked and killed the kitten! Of course my insides became enraged with such anger. And yes, I reported the video to facebook, but took it one step further.. I went to this person's info, and they had listed where they live so then I googled the nearest spca to the person and reported to authorities as well. Who knows what will happen. One can only hope that they can track him with his IP address. Seeing how there is so much information that is shared via the wonderful world wide web, have you seen the latest on the smart phones and how you can be tracked to your location via a picture you post on the web. I am just dumbfounded at the evilness of people in this world. At just how many sick (insert really bad word here) there are out there!.. When did we lose the accountability?? when did we become so stupid? how is it that something that should be used for information, can be construed to promote evil and harm!.. It truly saddens me... my hope in humanity..our ability to have compassion.. common sense .. where did it go?? Do we think we are anonymous when it comes to posting such horrific images?? do we really think we can do whatever we want, or feel.. without regards to others?? what has happened to humanKIND!!! where is the KIND!!!

So then it brings me to the next step.. how are we to protect our children from seeing such images.. ? is there such a thing as internet police? sure we have avenues to go after the pedophiles..sure we can use nanny net to protect certain websites from being accessed from underage kids.. but we all know they are easily to navigate around..

as you can tell.. I am still very angry.. and completely disgusted at what is available online.. and please please don't give me this "it's our right".. freedom of speech bs! you may be able to say it..but what gives YOU the right to take away MY RIGHT to not have to view such horrific images and videos!!!

Where is the responsibility.. the accountability.. and good old common sense!??

Summer was short and sweet, and sadly there were some things I was not able to do this summer. See my kids is one of them.. would have loved to have been able to spend some quality time with them. I saw them briefly in June.. just as school was ending.. the weather was amazing.. When I got back to Canada.. it still took another month and a bit before we had the warm temps. Would have loved to have done some camping, some fishing and hiking would have been nice.. but it just wasn't in the books. And here we are in the middle of September already... I have started the tax courses again, to get myself advanced... we'll see how that pans out.. this may be my last year here though.. I mean really.. who knows what tomorrow will bring.. maybe for me.. a winning lotto number..? hey I can dream!!..

Dreams.. ya..sometimes I allow myself to get lost in those.. ever sit and think about where you are? what you're doing? I have to admit.. I do that more often now... but when you are alone.. you have the time to dwell.. on things past, present and future.. I know my past got me to where I am today.. the present.. but in that.. I often analyze the who what where and why of it.. especially when you find yourself in that "not so happy place"... ah.. I guess that's life.. some days good.. some not so... the question is.. when its not so... what can you do about it.. is it something you can change?? what are the reasons behind the "not so happy"... sadly for me.. its not always what I have done.. but how someone else has made me feel.. usually by their actions.. or words.. funny how sometimes we do things.. yet we don't see how it might affect someone else.. or maybe we do and its our selfishness that allows us to steam ahead. Be careful who you plow over..

Most of us are pretty resilient, and can take a beating.. (not the physical kind) I am talking the emotional kind. We are still able to pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off.. and make a go of it.. But there comes a time when you say enough of this merry go round.. and you just opt out on your own.. easier to deal with frustration when its your own doing.. not someone doing it to you...