There is an Internet website that is causing a lot of commotion in Trumann. We're not going to dignify it by mentioning its name here, but apparently a lot of people are reading it. What's worse, they are using the site to slander people's name and spread out and out malicious and untrue gossip.

An employee at this very newspaper fell victim to rumor-mongering last week. Not only was what was posted on the site untrue, it was hurtful and caused a lot of unnecessary grief and anguish.

We can see where such a site could be used for a lot of good. In fact, we posted a request on the site for stories about what people in Trumann collect. But did anyone bother to respond? Not a one. But boy people sure found time to go on there and deliberately gossip and try to hurt others with mean, viscious and crude remarks.

Think about it for a minute. Would you like to be the subject of gossip and rumors? Well, if you don't want people saying bad things about you, then why on earth would anyone go to an on-line bulletin board and say mean and rotten things about your friends and neighbors? What ever happened to 'if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say it?'

Do we really need to know who the hottest teacher in Trumann is? Or gossip about a certain tv personality's engagement? There was even a posting on there about the new people at the Trumann Democrat. Well, if you wanted to know who we were and more about us, why don't you just come in and ask us.

This site isn't unique to Trumann. You can find the same kind of nonsense being posted on the site for Jonesboro and just about any other city in America. But what does this say about Northeast Arkansas and Trumann? Aren't we supposed to be known for our southern hospitality and friendliness? I thought we were all supposed to be good Christians? Well, going to church on Sunday and spreading gossip anonymously the rest of the time isn't very Christian to me and is a poor reflection on the people of Trumann.