since its existence we've seen more bad than good...
2006-08-18 22:24:03 · 16 answers · asked by Star 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
We have? Information, fast communication, easy shopping for people that need that, being able to talk to and ask question of people from all over the world, excellent news, research, entertainment, meeting people, sharing creations...
The internet is just a tool, and can be used for good or ill, but I think it's generally good...
2006-08-18 22:33:22 · answer #1 · answered by enaronia 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We can probably say the same thing for TV, cars, guns, and even human life itself. But existence per se is not evil, it is what is done with it that may be.
You seem to think the Internet has done harm, but you didn't say what that harm is...I think, on the other hand, that it has done much good: it has given the species (humans) access to a sort of "world brain" in the form of the billions of websites that we can browse and learn from; it has given us easier access to more and better information (than libraries ever did); it has given people in remote parts of the world access to instant communications with any other part of the world; it has made the earth truly a "global village," even if we are so different culturally that it is hard for us to communicate and get along.
2006-08-19 05:34:47 · answer #2 · answered by Pandak 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the same thing has been said about books , TV , music , video games, movies etc. bottom line I bet you name examples of good that each one of these has for example video games there are a lot of great teaching video games. Each of these are only a tool, just like the internet , they are not evil and they have the capacity for great good it is just the way people use the tools that makes the difference.
2006-08-19 05:42:45 · answer #3 · answered by magicboi37 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What you don't know won't hurt you.
Ten years ago with no Internet was better for me. Computers and Interenet are TOO ENGAGING AND OBSESSING!
I don't like Internet! It is highly a liar and impersonal system".
Yes, you are 100% right! Internet is very evil, especially for teens and children. Sex, sex, sex, sex, I' m tired of sex and lies and forums and politics and celebrities. All this is on the Internet. And Wikipedia is evil too!
It causes INFORMATION POLLUTION AND OVERLOAD. What you don't know won't hurt you. And other say: It gives us info. Buit, what if I DO NOT WANT TO KNOW ANYTHING???????? Internet should be banned!
A girl met a "12 year old boy", who proved to be a 32 year old man and he raped her. They met in...an Internet chatroom!
2006-08-22 06:53:06 · answer #4 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
False. it is nothing but a tool. How a person chooses to use the tool makes the PERSON Evil or Good, it doesn't affect the tool at all.
2006-08-19 10:41:55 · answer #5 · answered by IndyT- For Da Ben Dan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your statement should read "this world is evil" because people abuse it so much that the bad is more than the good ones.
2006-08-19 05:43:42 · answer #6 · answered by James Louis 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just a coincidence
You know, they said exactly the same thing about books when they happened (well, it was pamphlets and flyers first, but books followed soon after). First book printed was a bible, wasnt it?
2006-08-19 05:30:22 · answer #7 · answered by a tao 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is always a ying and yang energy in things.
nothing is perfect.
hope there are solutions for the internet side effects.
praying.
karen ng beng hong admirer
2006-08-19 08:22:23 · answer #8 · answered by mercury of love 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
and yet here you are in the heart of evil asking all these heathens (me included) to answer your question, which is actually a comment with a question mark
2006-08-20 04:18:07 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
And how do you work that out?
2006-08-19 06:28:40 · answer #10 · answered by Bob Bob 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋