It's really tough these days actually be able to voice your personal opinion about anything these days, work/home/beauty salon-barber, etc., ; you might get mislabeled, flagged, or blacklisted for speaking your mind/actually talking to people outside of work, about anything that could be taken out of context & "rumored" or worse, verbally misinterpretted & even possibly written & recorded about yourself & ulimately ending up possibly in your employee file....WHO KNOWS?...

As of this date, 09/18/09, I have yet to personally experience this; but I am on alert that I cannot "safely & confidentially" share a true conversation with a neighbor, or 'friends' without making sure I am always politically correct & legally assured that whatever I talk about with whomever will not be "Twittered" or Blogged & posted via any other venue as a "culprit" to whatever the topic might be.

Times have changed rapidly like hot water coming from a faucet on a cold day; it might be cold at 1st, but the hot water always follows within a minute or so. (Assuming of course you have good plumbing).

My suggestion; Just keep your opinions to yourself, mind your own business - God only knows I, myself have always had an outloud thinking brain that tends to speak before I think, however, having heard the personal tragedies of friends & foe, I will monitor & maintain a code of "Shut up & keep it to myself!"

Respectfully: Your Friend - PONI