| Akvod said: I mean think of how many people looted stores during Katrina. Now think of many dollars of things we stole on the internet. A lot of people think strip clubs are shady and vulgar, and I think everyone will think a live sex show is disturbing. So then what's the diffrence between jerking off to 2 real people having sex, to a moving image of 2 real people having sex?
Without the eye of society, and with the mask of annomity/avatar/persona, are we more true to ourselves? Or do we try to create an artificial persona/avatar to become the ideal we can't be in real life (WoW for e.g.)
I think that it depends. Not just on each person, but situation. Here, I can't be a total asshole because although I'm anonymous still, this avatar/user name has it's own seperate reputation now. And that brings up the question again, is my user name/avatar different from my real name/true self? >.<
I really think the internet's fascinating. I mean, we speant so much effort trying to find a route to bypass Africa, smuggling rock music into foriegn countries, find anime via video tapes (and no fansubs). Now we have such a rapid share of culture in the world. Although I don't really want to sound like a hypocrite or like a Jack Thompson, there has to be some effect on children like me, who grew up being exposed to so much through the internet. |
I've thought quite a bit about that last part - how the youth of today get affected by having access to so much news, information and knowledge about everything, entertainment, disgusting/forbidden stuff, twisted/unnatural forms of social interaction thru forums and chats and stuff.
