For the past few weeks I’ve been reading about all the machinations between Thought Convergence and Name Intelligence. Who’s right and who is wrong and the number of varied opinions varies from insightful to the completely bazaar.

It’s almost like a days of our lives is unfolding in front of our eyes and we’re all waiting for someone to throw a “hissy-fit” and storm off the stage. Or it could be viewed more like a gladiator’s arena with the domaining world screaming for blood with the anticipation that a “thumbs down” for either opponent will ultimately satisfy our blood lust.

The question I asked myself was, “Do I really care?” Business disagreements occur all the time and one party’s understanding of a contract can be quite different from the other. Normally this is sorted out in a sensible, rational manner by the parties involved but sometimes there are complete differences of opinion and a judge has to get involved. Stuff happens....!

The danger for us all is that we get sucked into the vortex of public opinion and start taking sides without knowing all the facts. This is when I ask another important question, “Am I in a position to care?” I hate to say it but 99% of the time I’m not so I just sit back and reserve my judgement.

The temptation for each of us is to side with the person that we know best but my personal advice is don’t take anyone sides, let the courts settle the matter and focus on your own business. Whatever it is that you’re doing to make a living get focused back on that and stop worrying about the saga that is unfolding.

I know that that some people have setup a website to attract our attention and prove that they are right. Hey, I spent 2 minutes looking at it and suddenly realised that I was approaching the event horizon of a storm that I didn’t need to get into.

So I would like to take this time to wish both Thought Convergence and Jay well in sorting out their differences and I hope that the collateral damage from the episode doesn’t impact too many other relationships. In fact, let’s hope that the equivalent of “Brook” doesn’t storm off the stage and the rest of us keep our distance from the spectacle of the arena.

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