What is civility? Is there a common definition anymore? As we grow into this instant global
information net must we rethink what or how we understand civilized conduct? Unfortunately I think the only answer we can
offer is yes, we must.
Surfing around the multiple
media sites seems to me to be akin to a carnival mid-way with barkers yelling
out to gain your attention, and just as in the mid-way they must be rewarded
with sufficient audience to continue.
This has moved to our television as well. Comedy, dramas, melodramas, and variety shows
have lost their appeal, it is all about pseudo-reality.
On social media condemnation of,
and attacks on, individuals are now the standard. Find a poster that expresses your anger, copy
and post! You have now made your
contribution to the social debate. Pain free, thought free. But then how many
hours do people we pay to see, devote themselves to the fawning of celebrity and the
destruction of it?
I was reminded today of a quote
variously attributed to Ms. Eleanor Roosevelt, Admiral Hyman Rickover, or
unknown that says, “Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events,
and small minds discuss people.” If the
public and commercial media are any indication we have become a people of small
minds led by politicians of like quality.
I guess that is what we deserve.
I wonder, do I set this next
round out?
1 comment:
Do justice, love mercy, walk humbly and keep writing. thanks John, for being a sane and kind voice willing to do the work of thinking about the actual nature of things going on...
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