Because I Can… the random thoughts of Marc Scott

Roughly 60% of the traffic I’ve had on this blog in the past few days has been as a result of Google searches for “Jon & Kate” or “Jon & Kate Plus 8.”  I wrote one blog about them on January 10, 2009 (check it here) and it’s from that single blog, that I now receive hundreds of hits a day from individuals who are looking them up in Google.

Since Jon & Kate are back in the news, and since their searches are generating the vast majority of traffic on my blog right now, I figured I may as well jump on the bandwagon, so to speak, and address the current situation.  I’ve read a bit about the allegations being made against Jon.  My reading has included both media reports and blogs.  I wanted to make sure I had a firm grasp on what the deal was before I made any sort of comments about it.  Now that I’m convinced I’m thoroughly educated with regards to what is floating around about them in cyberspace I feel more than equipped to share my two cents.

My thoughts are as follows, and you may not like this, but here we go.  It’s none of your stinking business!

The allegations are that Jon is cheating on Kate with a school teacher.  I do not know if these allegations are true or false, nor do I particularly care because, as previously mentioned, it is none of your business… nor is it mine.

Jon had he following to say on the issue…

“These allegations are false and just plain hurtful,” Gosselin said Wednesday, insisting: “I did not cheat on Kate.” Gosselin was speaking out against tabloid reports that he’s had an affair with a Pennsylvania schoolteacher. Photos of Gosselin and the woman have surfaced in recent weeks.

“I need to be more careful and aware of who I am associating with and where I am spending my time,” said Gosselin, who apologized for putting his family “in this awkward position.”

Quite frankly, that is good enough for me.  I’m a firm believer in giving everybody the benefit of the doubt until they give me a reason to not.  Then… I forgive them!

To the media that is digging for dirt, and more than likely praying to their media gods that there is more to this story, I say get a life.  Write about something positive.  Something productive.  Something that will actually contribute to society as a whole.  You may be surprised at how it makes you feel about yourself.  Good!

To the bloggers who are condemning Jon to hell, I say, get a life!  You don’t know the whole story.  You likely never will know the whole story.  So find something better to blog about.  How about important issues like what are you trying to hide in your own life by focusing your attention on destroying somebody else’s!  That would make for a great blog.  When you write it, let me know.  I’ll read it, link it, and maybe even mention it on my radio show!

I’ve often wondered if Jon & Kate themselves have ever read the blog I wrote about them.  I mean, lets be honest, who hasn’t googled themselves to see what comes up?  So just in case, to you both, Jon & Kate, my prayers are with you as you deal with unnecessary scrutiny.  I am sure you are well aware that by setting yourselves up in the public spotlight, these storms would come.  That doesn’t make it right, and it certainly doesn’t make it any easier.  But there one is who will get you through them.  I know you pray to the same God I do.  He’s listening!

For the rest of us, I share the following advice I read it in a great book once.  You should spend a little time reading it for yourself.  We all need to be spending some time reading it for ourselves!

“Don’t pick on people, jump on their failures, criticize their faults— unless, of course, you want the same treatment. That critical spirit has a way of boomeranging. It’s easy to see a smudge on your neighbor’s face and be oblivious to the ugly sneer on your own. Do you have the nerve to say, ‘Let me wash your face for you,’ when your own face is distorted by contempt? It’s this whole traveling road-show mentality all over again, playing a holier-than-thou part instead of just living your part. Wipe that ugly sneer off your own face, and you might be fit to offer a washcloth to your neighbor. Matthew 7:3-5 The Message