Editorial:

No matter ho much I might want to whine and complain and mock and make fun about someone who decides to stop by my picture and make fun of it, I have to stop and put thing sinto perspective.

Today a friend sent me to something of her daughter's on youtube.  Not a site I frequent.

For those of you who have avoided the horror show of you tube, this is basically an online video gallery where people can post whatever they like.

Anyway, my friend's teenage daughter and her friend had done a little 'air-band' of some songs.  They lip synced and sang along.

Like Renderosity, people can post comments.

I was appalled.  I cannot believe people say these things.

"Cute, next tme plz do without your brazzz!!!"

"take off your cloths"

"So.. are you two lesbians or what? "

".. The sleeveless lady .. My gAwwdd sOn, tell her to keep her armpits lost within her flabs somewhere, i could smell that **** from here... N' she way 2 old for this shit not to mention fat.. "

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Okay, these are two teenage girls just having some fun!  Nothing crude about it.  Nothing that I as a parent wouldn't allow my children to do in public.

Mixed in with the negative remarks were comments from their friends, that were generally inside jokes and such.

I'm really shocked.  Am I too niave and old?  (I'm only 34).  Yeah, I can hear all the thoughts about think skin and so on, but these kinds of comments are unacceptable for our youth!

I don't know, this really makes me weep.  All our potential and instead it all comes down to new ways to be nasty. 

Is this the future?

Horrified... I'm horrified.