Feeling Filipino

I mentioned awhile back that some person in the Philippines (or at least claiming they are in the Philippines) had appropriated several profile photos from my Facebook profile and were using them as their own photos, in addition to many other photos that had no correlation with mine. In reviewing this person's (who's name may or may not be Junaid Khan) profile, it struck me then as odd, and to this day as odd, that so many people (he has over 300 "friends") treat him as if he looks like me, regardless of the fact that I am one of the WASPyish white boys ever to walk the earth and couldn't possibly look less Filipino. This "person" even is in a relationship with some man in Germany, who I am sure has never met him in person. I have tried to get my photos removed from his profile and appeared to have done so, until another mentioned to me that they had received a friend request from him and noticed that it was my picture staring them in the face. This Junaid Khan person has since blocked me so I have no way of keeping tabs through my regular profile on whether he uses my photos again. I had more friends report his profile and try to have the pics removed, but so far to no avail. I even created a dummy profile so I can at least monitor the situation, however, my pics are still up there. I even emailed this person's "partner" and I was shocked to actually get a response from him, and he merely stated that "[I] will let him know." I was expecting a vitriolic response if a response at all. The calmness of it was odd. Even odder, this person actually sent me a friend request! As if I was going to allow HIM access to my photographs.

I don't really know what the outcome of this situation is. Even if Facebook removes the photos or even deletes his account, I am sure he will just come up with a new profile and use the pictures again, so it is really more effort on my part to have to try and control it. At least the pictures are only head shots and are not anything I am worried about people seeing, and the person is not actually claiming to be me, even though it is odd seeing someone compliment one of my photos and having him thanking them.

I just assume this is some really lonely, pathetic person who is so disgustingly imperfect that they have to assume the guise of someone else in order to have human contact with someone else, even if it is through the Internet. It really is sad and disgusting.

Funny, a friend of mine found this picture online and it somehow, in my mind, would be what the real Junaid Khan looks like (should he really exist).