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Originally Posted by leaston
But, how many of us have said things verbally that we really wish we hadn't? I'd be willing to bet, everyone! So, if that applies to saying things off the cuff or in the heat of the moment online too, I can understand why people would want things removing.
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That effect has always been with us. Once upon a time you could be involved in a scandal in one part of the country and move out to another where people didn't know about it. Not in our modern digital age though. Someone does something and everyone world wide knows about it and can identify you on sight by your picture. It started with the telegraph. At one point they talked about having a line to Gretna green in Scotland that would let authorities there know when young couples who had eloped were to be expected. Now the news that someone has done something not only is sent out before they arrive somewhere else but it is done in real time. Of course people care less about most scandals these days too. Something someone said/did fades from the public memory as unimportant pretty quickly as the next big scandal makes its appearance.