Porn

I apologize in advance to my readers (all 2 of you) for the subject of this post. However, soemthing must be said on this subject.

I go to Internet cafes practically every day here. With nearly $90k of debt over my head (see my post last week), I need to check my credit cards quite often.. just to make sure things are kosher.

I'm also, well, a computer geek, and so I like being online. I read the news, I geek out, and chat with friends/family.

And while there are a few other tourists in the internet cafes slowly pecking away emails, letter by letter, with one finger, the vast majority of customers are Indian guys.

And what do they do all day online? Look for women.

I have no shame, so I don't mind peering at someone else's screen to see what they're typing.

Some, the well brought up ones, are surfing to marriage personals - trying to find a nice woman to marry through the wonders of the Internet.

However, the vast majority are either:

1. Chatting online, trying to find some young lass (or lad) to talk dirty with.

2. Covertly looking at porn (as it's against the rules in most cafes). This mostly involves quickly switching windows when the owner of the cafe walks by.

In a shop of 10 computers, guaranteed, 5 or 6 will be used for yahoo chat, in chatrooms named "Chennai Dating", "Chennai Hot XXX", "Tamil Love", etc....

One or two, used by brave individuals, will be covertly used to look at porn.

One poor chap will be looking for a wife (that is assuming that one cannot find a wife in the "Chennai Hot XXX" chat-room).

And then, I'm there... on the last computer - reading up on the latest political scandal in the US.

At least i'm keeping my nose clean, eh?