Sick

The communication skills of this generation are lackluster to say the least. Things like Facebook inhibit the ability of the youth to communicate outside of the realm of the internet. Things like cyber-bullying. Kids who wouldn't normally bully another person hide behind the ruse of the internet to tell another kid how they really feel. And as a society we are just accepting it as a social norm. And to me, a man blogging behind the ruse of blogspot.com, it is becoming a terrible practice. Another thing is when people meet people in the outside world for the first time. Then immediately go home, or use their 'smart' phone to add them as a friend on Facebook. It is almost as if a friendship is not a friendship unless it is Facebook official. There is a purpose for Facebook. Communication via internet is not a bad thing, in moderation. However, the sickness that is engulfing the world's population needs to be vaccinated. Or if nothing else suppressed. Human to human communication needs to be revived. It is setting the youth of this generation up for disaster when they enter the real world. But who really knows, one day that will be the only form of communication: Internet. Could you imagine? A world where the only way people talked to one another would be through a screen. That's not what I want. Is it what you want?