Left unsaid

I think blogs are dangerous. Personally, I really do think that. You can write something down here, and people will read it in a totally different context to what you intended. It can also hurt people, as many have before. I do constantly get offended by peoples blogs, I also am disappointed by many as well. Isn't it amazing how just a few words can really affect ones thoughts? Sometimes words that I read off the net, in the newspapers and magazines, can stay in my head, burrow deep down into my brain and niggle at me. I'll remember them all day, disturbed by their power to change my emotions. I know I'm also speaking to myself by posting this, because I have been caught out before. I had written a nasty note when I was 11, about this girl that I didn't see anymore. Well, it just happened to get into her hands, which wasn't where I wanted the note to be. I had gotten into BIG trouble, because the girl called my parents and my mum burst into tears when she heard what I wrote in it. From then on, I have never, EVER written anything like that on paper again, because it has the power to hurt people and change lives.
     What I'm saying is, sometimes its good if things are left unsaid. Sometimes we don't want to know what people get up to in their free time, we don't want to know what is said in conversations between friends, and we don't want to know what some peoples thoughts are on truly delicate topics (i.e. church issues. I am always offended when people write things about the church and God, because I always feel that its directed at me, a Christian). I'm not saying you can't write about this stuff, I'm just typing down a little warning, something that I follow myself. Just sometimes when people post things, they hurt. Some people are affected more than many. Just because you can't see our faces and feelings when we read stuff, doesn't mean that our whole minds aren't filled with confusion and hurt emotions.