Thursday, September 11, 2008

Internet-contributions and discontents

Internet and internet blogging are like any opportunity that may be presented to anyone, except this opportunity is everlasting, if you will. And the opportunity can be utilized, i.e. intellectual exchanges by which you can learn and better your capabilities and knowledge, or the opportunity can be vulgarized and made into a disgusting tool to please one's twisted ego. The first two articles instigate a question, should a line be drawn in the internet which bars people from being abnoxious and insulting to others? Or should everything continue the way it is as doing anything else would infringe on our concept of democracy, something that is also very dear to us. I believe, that what we need on the internet is a 'democracy in check'. Other than that, there can be no abrahamic solution to this growing problem, as people are increasingly exploit the internet. Even though this solution may be criticized by many, it will bar out the negative elements and atleast have peace for the majority of internet users, who are not in consensus with that minority.

2 comments:

Becky, Sam, Merel, James, Adrienne, Asa said...

I think there should not be any restrictions. If people want to do sick things to please their own ego that is absolutely fine. I think other people that are using the internet need to be aware that those kind of people are out there and need to take what is said by them with a grain of salt. People that are emotionally unstable should not be posting personal blogs that other people such as trolls can use to victimize these people. If they absolutely feel the need to write out their emotions. Write in a journal so other people can't tear you to shreads and make you want to kill yourself through comments which is what happened to the girl in the Trolls among us article.

Beck

Mustafa said...

People being sick to please their ego are more than welcome to do so. The problem arises when in pleasing their ego they go as far as infringing on other people's personal space. Otherwise, to each his own.