Wednesday, 2 February 2011

Formspring poster?

I have recently yielded to the masses and got myself a formspring account. To the (fortunate) few who are uninitiated, formspring is a website designed for the abusage of its members. The idea is you get an account, and your "friends" anonymously ask you interesting and insightful questions, or, in reality disgusting nevertheless imaginative questions that would almost definitely not help them get to know you better.

I signed up in the hope that I would get some amusing questions, and the first question somone types is "Shaven haven or hairy mary?". Despite making me LOL, it did make me wonder who on earth has time to think up this questions are post them on unsuspecting formspringers pages. You also get the utterly too forward questions that no-one would ask you in real life, and in which the askers seem to forget that most people do not want to splash around details about their private life on the internet...

Of course, Formspring was pretty much created with abuse in mind, like marmite and chips without ketchup. You can't make a Formspring account without expected some level of impertinent or abusive questioning. In general though, the questions, even the ridiculously forward, inappropriate ones, have managed to make me giggle.

On the subject of abuse (SEE THE SMOOTH LINK THERE ;), the Christian Union at my school is discussing the creation of a poster that has each of our faces on it, and putting on the words (something like) "We're Christians, ask us why!". Undoubtably, these posters would recieve some level of abuse - all be it on the permanent marker/willy drawing level. I have decided to allow my face to be on this poster after a looonngg debate with myself. Despite the abuse and the obvious teasing it might get, I'm hoping it'll also arouse some questions that  give me a chance to explain what I believe. I think it's time I suffered a little for my faith - especially considering what being a Christian in some countries costs.

God bless :)
Love, Anna

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