Blog #14

In Sante's piece "What Secret's Tell" the many different ways that secrets are revealed is discussed. Sante discusses lies involved in the government, the Soviet Union/KGB, in media, and the internet. The internet allows people to get information at super fast speeds with just the click of a button. Most secrets on the web are of celebrity scandals, who we forget are ordinary people like us, and political figures out with the latest on their opponents. I do agree with Sante that the internet is a "nemesis" to secrecy for the fact that the information about almost everyone can be found online. Websites have been made where you can run background checks on people from your own home, and embarrassing photos from that party you may not want to remember can be found on online profiles such as myspace, facebook and twitter. Secrecy does not exist on the worldwide web, and the unforgiving truth about the internet is that anything you post online can be seen by anyone. These constant keeping and telling of secrets shows how much our society hungers for the drama that telling a secret entails.