Chaos Magnet

Whatever you say, say nothing

I have strong opinions, but fortunately, none of them involve violence. But I'm always careful about what I say when it comes to politics, even though I'm not some wacko who's going to take a gun over to the White House.

See, now there I was tempted to add "no matter how tempting it may be," but even though it's not tempting and it's just a joke, I worry about saying it, because we've learned from years of email misunderstandings that when people can't see your facial expressions, they tend to misinterpret what you're saying. And I don't want anyone to think I would take a gun over to the White House. I wouldn't. (See, now there I was going to make another smart-ass remark, but I won't.)

Why bring it up? 'Cause apparently a joke on LiveJournal has brought the Secret Service to the author's house. No need to panic, she said they were very nice, and realized right away she wasn't a threat, and they even laughed along with her.

But she pointed out that now she has an FBI file. That means, in today's climate, that she could, conceivably, be put on the "no fly" list. Because of a joke.

And that's scary.

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