On the horns of…………………….

…………….a dilemma. As most of you know, I am a slave to Facebook. It has become my main resource for both networking and promoting my work, and I have met some very nice and inspirational people since I’ve been on it. The dilemma is, when is a Facebook Friend not really a friend? I have accumulated hundreds of ‘friends’, most of which I have little or no interaction with - that’s the networking bit, I have a core of ‘friends’ who I am constantly interacting with - they are the ‘friends’ bit of it, in the middle I have the people who I sort of remember friending, who have had little or no contact since then. Facebook does not cater for levels of ‘friendship’. Now, this brings me to the point of all this, what do you do when aforementioned ‘friends’ feel the need to post their political and personal views in public - which you strongly disagree with? The point in question is a strong US contingent who advocate the use of guns, hunting, and generally keeping the ‘violent society’ profile alive. I spent 12 years carrying a gun of some description, and I was certainly no stranger to the violence culture that existed in the 70s and 80s, but I grew out of it and embraced real life - as opposed to man created life. I do not like guns. I firmly believe the human race could manage without them. I also think I’m in the minority. So what do I do about the ‘friends’ who, by pasting their views all over Facebook, make me feel at best awkward, and at worst offended?

If my friends list goes down it won’t be too surprising.

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