Today, I am a little on edge. Someone close to me is hopping “across the pond,” as they say, for a few days. With all of the recent problems with terrorism in other countries, I am not happy about the situation. London has been on high alert, as well it should be. Most Londoners are not terrorists but in their midst, there are those who would do evil, whenever they can.
“Gossips,” an embellished re-creation of an 1830 quilt block.
Homeland Terrorists, Gossips, and Snipes
Often, it is easy to forget that most people are decent and caring individuals. Yes, some do have agendas…mainly, for their own advancement.
Terrorism, on a less grand scale, begins on the Internet and is particularly rampant on mailing lists that involve mostly women. Half the time, they do not bother to get their facts straight before attacking, belittling, engaging in name calling, or otherwise acting like…well…women!
The behavior is nothing new and should not be surprising. In contrast, it is one of the reasons why I wrote the “Why I Like Men” essay a short time ago, on this Blog.
Every time I think of the kind of terrorist woman described above, I envision a little, old, crooked lady with a menacing look on her face, holding a needle in the air, in a threatening manner. The mental image amuses me.
Although I shall not be sharing the names of people whom I’ve encountered lately who have left a sour taste in my mouth, I KNOW who you are, and furthermore, YOU know who you are. Why not quit the silliness of what I call “social posturing”? People who act in such ways only make themselves look like a horse’s patootie.
That is my VERY opinionated view this morning. For all the good folks who happen to have read this rant, I say, “Keep doing what is right.” It doesn’t matter what you do, as long as you do it for the right reasons. For me, sharing information is my chosen goal. Information is Education, and Education is Enlightenment and Understanding. With any luck, I will continue to try to bring education, enlightenment and understanding to all of my writings, for a good while longer.
Patricia Cummings
