Privacy ? What Privacy ?

So I've been reading Violent Acres blog on and off for a little while now and I like it. As I have not trawled V's archive and I don't check regularly there is usually something to read. One of the finer qualities in a blog I feel.

Yes, I am aware that it is not a quality that my blog possesses. So what ?

So today through a process we won't go into, that'd be dull, I read a 2006 post, Go On With Your Bad Selves. It referred to a little upset in the internet world that another of V's posts had caused and I decided to see if I could find any trace of it still drifting around. I like reading so called internet scandals of this type, especially when one side doesn't give a flying fuck for the opinion of the other. So I went scurrying to Google, as you do, to see what I could find. And find stuff I did. Not related to what I went looking for but hey, I'm easily distracted when wasting time so I followed the new thread.

Again I ended up in a post that was from 2006. You see apparently there was, maybe still is, speculation as to whither V is male or female. First thought on reading this ? Sad fucks, really should get a life. I think a few people in the comments pointed this line of thought out. But I was amused for a little longer. Until I got to the bottom of that page and found the link to this page.

Who does this sad little fuck think he is ? Why when some loser came to him claiming to know who V is did he follow it up ? Why not just tell them to go fuck themselves ? Who gave him the right to invade someones privacy to satisfy his curiosity ?

Then he tells us, graciously, that it's not his place to part with this news worthy piece of information. Awww, shucks, what a guy. Chivalry still lives somewhere. Just not with that tosser. But you know he had a "bona fide ethical dilemma" to reach this decision. Do you think he really meant that ? Just not over V's right to privacy, that was a no brainer. He wanted to know so obviously it's his divine right to know and that supersedes everyone elses rights. Now that he knows, well things have to be considered. Git.

I know that in the case of Restaurant Gal some smart arse little git did actually reveal her identity and felt proud of it. 'Cause that makes you a gold star pupil doesn't it ? Why ? Why is it so important to some people to rip the anonymity away ? Why is this important ? If you read a blog and like it, does it matter who writes it ? If you read it and you don't like it, what the fuck are you doing ? Get a life, really, you need it. For me personally it doesn't. And I believe that if someone chooses to blog anonymously then no one has the right to take that away.

Geez, I do keep harping on about privacy issues. Wonder why ?