I. Backbite – verb, To speak of a man as you find him when he can't find you

I can't say I'm fond of Juicy Campus; in fact I think it's one of the more disturbing websites I've seen in quite some time. Sadly, this one is legal. I can't entirely blame the designers for it though, admittedly they created it in hopes of luring college students but they aren't the one's posting. You see, the real problem is you, or at least some of you.

Sitting in your chair, staring bored at your laptop, you decide to post. It doesn't really matter if what you say is entirely true, since no one will know it's you. Hell, while you’re at it, you overheard something nasty, why don't you post that too? And that comment looks funny, you could add to it, wouldn't it be fun? Considering Juicy Campus's servers are overloaded almost always, and new threads are created multiple times daily, your answer is probably yes.

I've never been as fascinated with networking sites as most. I never use my MySpace (it's under a fake name anyway), and I only sporadically use my Facebook account. Even though, I don't entirely understand it, I can get along perfectly well with people who live on those sites, it's just what they do. I don't understand Juicy Campus; I'm actually disgusted by it. I have a terrible sense of humor, it's twisted I'll admit, but damn, some of the stuff I've seen flitting through JC actually makes me extremely uncomfortable.

For example, the posts involving how many fraternities/sororities people have got with. I mean I know it's anonymous, but I actually believed that most students would have enough dignity to leave this question unanswered. I was wrong — pretty damn wrong in fact. I don't understand why you'd brag about this. If I would think pumping a chemical toilet an apt analogy to sleeping with you, I would not find you attractive. I'm pretty sure this is true for most people. I don't want to know how many men/women you've seduced. Keep that to yourself.

Or what about those posts with specific names mentioned? It's rude, inconsiderate and actually pathetic. What hollow shell of a person can justify slandering some person online just because you can be anonymous and still do it? Just because there are no apparent consequences to your actions doesn’t make you a decent person. I mean seriously, anyone can see any part of JC, it’s open for all to see. This means the deans and disciplinarians as well as future employers. God hopes no one important is actually slandered or some poor bastard is going to discover JC's anonymity policy doesn't include civil suits.

I guess what I'm getting at is just because you can do something and get away with it, I still consider you a pretty low person. The admissions office likes to expound on the intelligence of our student body, but if anyone ever visits JuicyCampus.com, they'll have doubts. The site isn't the problem; it's the people posting on it. It's low, it's sick and if your cover ever gets blown, there'll be no mercy. If I can give any warning it would be this: you may be anonymous now, but if the cover ever slips, you will find yourself in immeasurable discomfort, so stop before something really begins.

II. A word once uttered can never be recalled