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The above message is one of the many making the rounds on Facebook pages and the e-mail circuit. Invariably, it is met with approval and a chorus of “amens“. Me, I ask myself why do people trivalize "god" as some kind of petty old man who pits people against each other, picking and choosing who he's going to let gloat, deciding which ones he will allow to survive a plane crash, or win an award or defeat the other team. Is God really on the side of the person or group or country that happens get what they want at the expense of those who have their hopes dashed or lives ended? Any god that's gonna promise me an alternate to revenge by letting me enjoy the suffering of somebody who outdid me is neither forgiving nor magnanimous. “He” is an entity who Man made over in his image… Another popular post dispenses this advice to man-hunters: DON'T BE A WOMAN WHO NEEDS A MAN. BE A WOMAN WHO A MAN NEEDS. Puleeze. Why are sistas eating this up. Being needed by a man can be a draining experience; especially if what he NEEDS is for you to be is a sex object or a cash cow or a babysitter for his 4 kids from another relationship. tsk-tsk. A better suggestion would be for a female to “be a woman who fills her own needs.”; Unfortunately, along with all of its benefits, the internet has become a hotbed of exploitation. But it does try to monitor itself by circulating the advice that follows. Any time you see an email that says "forward this on to '10' (or however many) of your friends", "sign this petition", or "you'll get bad luck" or "you'll get good luck" or "you'll see something funny on your screen after you send it" or whatever --- it almost always has an email tracker program attached that tracks the cookies and emails of those folks you forward to. The host sender is getting a copy each time it gets forwarded and then is able to get lists of 'active' email addresses to use in SPAM emails or sell to other spammers. Even when you get emails that demand you send the email on if you're not ashamed of God/Jesus --- that is email tracking, and they are playing on our conscience. These people don't care how they get your email addresses - just as long as they get them.