It’s the Miranda Rights of the internet! (Which I came up with in the shower, because I’m just that awesome)
You have the right to not put anything on the internet if you don’t want to, however, anything you do say can and will be quoted whenever another person on the internet sees fit and it will be used in a trial where we determine whether you’re an idiot or not.
You have the right to defend yourself but it may harm your credibilty if you do not mention in your original post something which you later rely on to make yourself look better.
You have the right to threaten people with an attorney, but unless they are actually doing something illegal it won’t help much, and will only make you look like an idiot.
When you say “Miranda” you wouldn’t by any means be referring to the series “In Death” :B (if yes, you’re so super duper cool). It’s the only place I’ve heard about Miranda and rights in the same sentence
As for the rights themselves: so true. People just don’t realize that posting someone online, is the equivalent of shouting it in the middle of a busy street. It’s really quite endearing how a lot of “netizens” expect viewers to be… “decent enough” not to have a negative opinion about what they post. Or if they do, they should bury it under 8798696896 feet of secrecy. LOL.
This is awesome and I wish more people adhered to it! I remember even a couple of years ago how up in arms the little girlies would get over what someone else had written on their blog.
Very true, very true