Drives In Circles, A Class Act!

I am writing this post in honor of a good friend of mine.  A blogger over at "Drives in Circles."  Just click on that to visit their blog site.  My friend's blog was recently hacked, and was brutally mutilated.  I won't go into detail about what exactly this hacker clown did, but it was pretty immature if you ask me.

For those of you who know me, I am a transit employee with the City of Ottawa.  "Drives in Circles" is a transit blog if you will, and a damn good one!  A colleague of mine is the author over there.  Over the last several months I have gotten to know this person more and more, and I cannot for the life of me figure out why anyone would want to hack their site.  I find the material there insightful and witty!  My friend has decided to remain anonymous on their blog site, and given that OC Transpo has a bit of a big brother complex, it is probably a wise decision.  I would hate to think that the hacker was an OC employee.  That would be truly sad...

I am so annoyed by this sort of thing.  How does a person come to a place where they figure someone else shouldn't have the right to speak their mind?  My own religious tradition, (the Catholic Church) certainly took it upon themselves for centuries to do just that.  But this is the 21st century for crying out loud!  We have gone through the revolutions, the enlightenment, we have embraced a different set of values as a western society.  Haven't we?  I am annoyed at the cowardice of those who refuse to identify themselves publicly on a blog, but instead send their hate mail through the back door so to speak and into our inboxes. That is bad enough. But to vandalize someone else's blog site? Juvenile, and as pathetic as it is sad.

My friend has decided to continue the blog site, and I am thrilled about that!  Good on you my friend!  Beef up your security, and continue to amuse, enlighten, and educate those of us who visit your site. (I am a member myself)   "Drives in Circles" is a class act!  As for the hacker, please grow up, and find better ways to vent your frustrations and anger.