What has the world come into? : The danger of the internet
In the last two weeks, there are two major tragedies that have shocked people around the world. I can not stop thinking what the world has come into lately. The first one is the Viginia Tech Uni massacre that has brutally killed 32 students in America. The first thing that came into my mind was “Again??, Shooting in America again??”. What is wrong with America and all the random shooting?.
Anyway, the killer name was Korean-born Cho Seung Hui who moved to the States at the age of eight. According to the media, he has a mental illness that caused him to do the shooting. His former professor also described Cho as a loner student whose works sometimes found disturbing. Look (wiki website) for more detail of the event and the list of the victims. The interesting element of this event is how fast the news spread especially in the internet. Now, people around the world can watch Cho’s self-confessed video in Youtube or read the details on various websites. One thing that worries me is how all the Cho’s videos and news may inspire other ‘disturbed’ people to do the same thing?
The second tragedy is the suicide of two Victorian girls that happened this week. It is believed that the two girls have a mental problem as one of the girls stated in her MySpace account that she wants to be free. Apparently, the girls have used their MySpace account as a medium to express their feelings and frustrations. See this article for more details The dangerous thing is the internet allows these girls to meet other people with the same problem and support each other. As I said before, the internet can be dangerous place for people who has ‘problem’ as it allows people to express their opinions freely. I also remember, Jenny (our lecturer) said that there is a site for anorexic people where the members support each other to starve themselves.
Please give your opinion on this topic guys… Thanks..
onel said,
May 1, 2007 at 1:57 pm
Hi Fanny.., Interesting article. However, It is kind of hard for me to believe that Internet can be so dangerous
IMHO, JUst because Internet offers great posibility to meet other people and share their problems doesn’t mean it can be considered as a threat. Or is it? now, I’m scared.. ;(
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Thao Nguyen said,
May 3, 2007 at 6:17 am
Nice reflection Step. (^_^)
Last month I also heard in the news about the ‘live’ suicide of a depressed man that happened before the witness of his online community’s members when he left his webcam opened. To me, I think there is no danger with the internet, the matter is at those who use it badly.
stephani said,
May 28, 2007 at 1:59 pm
I just watched today tonight on channel 9 and they talked about this issue. It was about the two Victorian teenagers that killed themselves and posted some suicidal messge on their Myspace accounts…