Comments on: Why Facebook will make us all mental and moral monsters. Not. http://www.theharbinger.co.za/wordpress/2010/04/27/why-facebook-will-make-us-all-mental-and-moral-monsters-not/ Fri, 18 May 2012 13:43:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Tess Frost http://www.theharbinger.co.za/wordpress/2010/04/27/why-facebook-will-make-us-all-mental-and-moral-monsters-not/#comment-252821 Tess Frost Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:17:40 +0000 http://www.theharbinger.co.za/wordpress/?p=678#comment-252821 Yup - look what happened to the church - people now have access to foreign and infidel religions like Islam, Bhuddism, and atheism has spread wider than before! Oh No! Of course it has also allowed people to gather enough knowledge to question accepted "truths", and if a "truth" cannot stand up to questioning, how true is it? And if a person is not allowed to make up their own mind by access to all available information, can one credit him (or blame him) for his choice? It also has made it clear that Christianity and Islam have the same roots along with Judaism, the same God, many of the same prophets. Now we only have the METHOD of worship to kill each other over, and that ain't nearly as satisfyingly self-righteous. But you forgot to mention the fear, when reading was becoming popular, esp among landed gentry, that their sons would become weak, dim-sighted and bookish if they read too much..... Yup - look what happened to the church - people now have access to foreign and infidel religions like Islam, Bhuddism, and atheism has spread wider than before! Oh No! Of course it has also allowed people to gather enough knowledge to question accepted “truths”, and if a “truth” cannot stand up to questioning, how true is it? And if a person is not allowed to make up their own mind by access to all available information, can one credit him (or blame him) for his choice?

It also has made it clear that Christianity and Islam have the same roots along with Judaism, the same God, many of the same prophets. Now we only have the METHOD of worship to kill each other over, and that ain’t nearly as satisfyingly self-righteous.

But you forgot to mention the fear, when reading was becoming popular, esp among landed gentry, that their sons would become weak, dim-sighted and bookish if they read too much…..

]]> By: Foom http://www.theharbinger.co.za/wordpress/2010/04/27/why-facebook-will-make-us-all-mental-and-moral-monsters-not/#comment-252802 Foom Thu, 17 Jun 2010 14:33:53 +0000 http://www.theharbinger.co.za/wordpress/?p=678#comment-252802 "In short, every new media technology has evoked fears that it will introduce foreign and dangerous ideas, break down social structures, run out of control and reduce us all to blathering idiots." That's because it DOES introduce foreign and dangerous idea, it irrevocably alters social structures and evades prior control. Which of course is why it's so awesome. “In short, every new media technology has evoked fears that it will introduce foreign and dangerous ideas, break down social structures, run out of control and reduce us all to blathering idiots.”

That’s because it DOES introduce foreign and dangerous idea, it irrevocably alters social structures and evades prior control.

Which of course is why it’s so awesome.

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