We are generation peep.
There is no such thing as privacy in the age of camera's on cell phones that are tethered to the Internet; you can snap a pic and have everyone on your friends list viewing it in 60 seconds, but should we judge Phelps or look at the hypocrisy of history that we've exposed and gain perspective from it?
Phelps is in a complex situation, granted. He is a star. He is in the record books as an historic Olympian and he is also college age. And doing something that young people ALL OVER THE WORLD do. All the time. Someone is doing it right now as you read this. And do you know what? It's not your right to regulate their behavior unless they are endangering someone else. How does that diminish all the hard work he put in to train for this? If you put in the effort, you'll reap the rewards; that cliche' is almost always true. This should take away nothing from what Phelps accomplished in the pool.
Original Story:
http://sidelionreport.com/2009/02/04/...
There is no such thing as privacy in the age of camera's on cell phones that are tethered to the Internet; you can snap a pic and have everyone on your friends list viewing it in 60 seconds, but should we judge Phelps or look at the hypocrisy of history that we've exposed and gain perspective from it?
Phelps is in a complex situation, granted. He is a star. He is in the record books as an historic Olympian and he is also college age. And doing something that young people ALL OVER THE WORLD do. All the time. Someone is doing it right now as you read this. And do you know what? It's not your right to regulate their behavior unless they are endangering someone else. How does that diminish all the hard work he put in to train for this? If you put in the effort, you'll reap the rewards; that cliche' is almost always true. This should take away nothing from what Phelps accomplished in the pool.
Original Story:
http://sidelionreport.com/2009/02/04/...
