Bad Rumor

• Messages sorted by:[ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ]

>>>In all its political glory, maybe not.
But my reasoning is true and the analogy is valid.
The internet facilitates many positive, good things.
The internet also allows access to many negative, bad things.
This can be said of telephones, radios and our cars for that matter.
If I drive down the road I am likely to see a provocative, even
offensive billboard. I still use the roads, I have just trained myself
to avoid paying attention these signs.<<<


This brings up an interesting point.  Why are people dead set against the
television and the internet but have no problem with having a radio in ones
home?  It seems to me that all three mediums could be used for either "good" or
corrupt communication.

I know that there are some folks that would probably object to owning radios,
but, by and large, radios seem to be considered acceptable by most of "us."

What is the difference between a TV and a radio?

Back to the internet...at least with this medium you can control 100% what you
are going to be seeing/hearing.  This cannot be said of TVs or radios.  Sure a
person hooked to (or, more appropriately, CONNECTED to) the net has access to
vile things, but it would have to be intentional on the part of the user to seek
out and view such things.  Has anyone *accidentally* come across something evil
on the net??  I, for one, have not.

Yours in Christ Jesus our Lord,
Bro. Kirk
 


***********************
 Kirk Van Ooteghem  
 00kmvanooteg@bsu.edu
 University Libraries
 Ball State University
***********************