By: Ahmed ELNAHAS - Montopoli, February 3rd 2014.
Surfing the
web on facebook and tweeter, I discovered the existence of new languages with
infinite inventions of sounds mistakenly taken for meaningful words; either in
English, Italian, French or Arabic. At first it seemed funny, but the more I
got involved in these social networks, the more I realise
the gravity of the harm it procures to the intent of communication as an
effective mean bridging and connecting worlds and cultures.
It seems
as if billions of individuals are sharing the same room, and are all out-speaking
each other simultaneously, yet no
one is listening. The worst is that the passive observer among this crowd, will
not be able to distinguish the issues discussed, the agreements or the
disagreements in question; because the tones are very loud and the lexicon is extremely
poor. To the point that often you’d encounter such a degraded vocabulary close to
the mere slums’ vulgarity, where the insult is considered only a caress!
We know
that in the absence of reason the voice pitch tends to turn louder; and the
unwillingness to spare some space for the ‘OTHER’ to express an opinion or a
thought would have the windward. Thus flourishes the realm
of confusion, hatred and indifference; to the point that insignificant
trivialities would preside the popular list of ‘National Priorities’; while the
real vital and pressing issues concerned with the urgent needs of the society
and those of the country would lose its way to the list itself.
Nevertheless,
I am almost convinced that it should take sometime before the collective
conscience would regain its reason, to channel social awareness towards better
goals for a more constructive use of modern technologies.
Hope I’m
right about this one.
Pass On The Word.
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