[today’s run: 3.4 miles]<\/p>\n
I had a nice run this evening.<\/p>\n
The big news on the internet is about the hacking of a “dating” site for married people called Ashley something.\u00a0\u00a0 I’m not sure how their “service” worked, but I am sure that putting your name, address and credit card information in such a system almost has to end badly.\u00a0 If you get what they are selling, that will be bad.\u00a0 If\u00a0 you don’t get what they are selling, that will be bad.\u00a0 And the actual outcome was probably the worst:\u00a0 some hackers broke in and grabbed their customer database and posted it on the internet.<\/p>\n
If you’re not clear on this just let me be the first to tell you:\u00a0 the information you type into a website you are entrusting to someone else.\u00a0 Even if those people attempt to be trustworthy it still may get away from them.\u00a0 Just ask Target or the IRS.<\/p>\n
I haven’t looked at the list of people in the stolen data.\u00a0 I really don’t want to know.\u00a0 Most of my life I’ve been that way:\u00a0 I’d rather not know the details of other’s failings just like I’d rather they not know mine.\u00a0 Looking back, sometimes that has been a mistake, maybe, but generally it has worked out OK.<\/p>\n
The other thought I had about this:\u00a0 I think I’ve been very fortunate to not know how to get myself into trouble.\u00a0 At certain junctions in life I might have been inclined to drift from the straight and narrow (hah!),\u00a0 but I really never have had much opportunity.\u00a0 If you wake up some day and really want to go score some crack cocaine\u00a0 (just an example), it’s probably good that you don’t have the faintest idea where to start.\u00a0 Oh well.\u00a0 Eat another cookie.\u00a0 You’ll get fat but you’ll probably be able to keep your job.\u00a0 Some sins are just easier to deal with in the consequences department.<\/p>\n
A certain amount of ignorance is a blessing.<\/p>\n
So it’s my thinking that it’s best not to know who was “selling” on the Ashley website.\u00a0 Maybe I could stoke up my pride by bringing others down.\u00a0 But, no.\u00a0 I’ve already got an overabundance of pride anyway thank-you-very-much.<\/p>\n
And if you’re on the Ashley site, well I’m rather a glutton and lazy to boot.\u00a0 I’m headed for my circle of hell like everyone else.\u00a0 So we could toast each other with a fiery drink from a dipper of self righteousness (we’ve got barrels of the stuff)… or look to Jesus.\u00a0 He offered “living water” and that sounds pretty good.<\/p>\n
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