Waiting For The Aliens

Through my history of writing in one public space or other, I developed a rule for myself that I wouldn’t censor myself for anyone. Not surprisingly, I haven’t always been as diligent in my application of this holy commandment as I would like. But in general, I take an attitude of “I’ll say what I think, and if others don’t like it, that’s their problem.”
I still hold that belief, even stronger now than ever, but I am astounded at the way others around me do not seem to comprehend the concept – those who want to tell me what I can and cannot say.

Immigrants to our land who wish to become citizens are tested on “democratic values”. Amongst these is the concept of free speech which – according to the official guidelines for the test they have to undertake – specifies that an individual’s speech is protected if what they are saying is true and does not breach national security.

Yet this freedom which we are testing newly arrived potential citizens on is a myth, a lie.

The spams keep coming, but I’ve not let the more recent ones through. The first ones amused me, so I approved them. Now though, we’ll all have to survive without the ridiculous offers of cosmetic surgery, discount pharmaceuticals and other random rubbish they’re trying to sell.

I should start at the beginning. With an introduction.

I am Jacus Roden.

I exist purely here, on this site. I do not exist elsewhere. Not today anyway. I may exist elsewhere in the future. Or I may stay entirely imaginary. Such is the nature of Cyberia, where I live.

I will come here often, and write of topics that amuse or interest me. If they interest or amuse you too, then well and good. If they don’t, that is of no concern.

For now? On with the show…

Not bad eh? Waiting for the Aliens is back online for less than a day, and it’s already harvested two spam comments. And what spam comments they are! (see previous post)

One is absolute rubbish, and the other is – you guessed it – absolute rubbish. They don’t even contain links. What is it with spammers these days? Have they just given up trying? Very disappointing!

This is the first post, and an experiment