1984 Who is Big Brother?

Sometimes the news scares me. Not because of the stupid things people do, I've come accustomed to realizing how stupid a lot of people are, but because of how many people get access to the stupid things that are done.

Recently, the guy who played Kramer on Seinfeld was doing a stand-up comedy act in Los Angeles. He began to get heckled by two "black" men and decided he would respond. His response was offensive and racist. At least, I assume so as he has publicly apologized for coming off as such.

Here is what is scary to me. Someone in the audience held up their cell phone and video-taped the tirade. At 2 a.m. in the morning the video got showed to an Internet company and by 4 a.m. it was posted online. 8 hours later, over a million people had seen the video. That's big brother in action and it has nothing to do with government.

You never know who is watching anymore. You never know who is going to find out what you have said or done. It's amazing how these things can spread. It's amazing how little people think before they speak or act.

Here is one area where I know that Christianity has improved my life. Being sure that I'm always being watched by my God and Savior (not in a list-making, dictating way, but in an I'm-all-present way) has helped me to check my actions and to calm some of my natural tantrums. If more people would calm down to do the same, they and those around them would all end up in a better place.

"Out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks." (Matthew 12:34) Be sure your mouth is saying things that your heart is okay with other people hearing.