Hypocrisy

My friend bill, and his friends…they all have them and, they have like… Blog Wars and stuff !! You should get one.. it would be really cool. You just write what ever you want and stuff…. Then we could have like….Blog Wars. Hehehe.(Jon Wrenshall)

This statement symbolizes a turning point in my online life. I find it interesting how a statement that sounds so ridiculous and dorky, could be the spark that would initiate something I hope to be intellectual and though provoking. I don’t know why I am so surprised; every day powerful and influential figures say things that go far beyond “left field”. When this happens the media tends to be quick to criticize and ostracize them for it. Why is that, and why do find Jon, my good friends, statement to be ridiculous? Are we not all being to hypocritical? The problem is we are losing our language. I am not reefing to language in the context of French, or English, but in the context of it being how communicate.

Text messaging on phones, email, and on-line messenger services have shaped and molded my world. I now have instant access to anyone; all I have to do is point and click. This revolution has had a great impact on my life, and the lives of others around me. So how is that we are now able to communicate with one another at great ease and speed than before and simultaneously be losing our language?

Our language is being replaced with abbreviations and ‘emoticons’. Full complete thoughts don’t have to be formed; instead it’s a series of pictures and random letters. These are used to increase the speed in which we communicate and to add emotions or feelings to text. Instead of conveying thoughts and emotions through text, or speech smiley faces and hearts appear on a screen. Generations are now being raised through digital media, and wireless communications. The art of letter writing is dying and verbal communication is following it to slaughter.

So how can we be hypocritical of others when they are unable to communicate in a sensible manner in social or public situations? Most statements was in fact considerably thought out, and articulated when compared to typical on-line banter.