The internet is wonderful for various reasons. It can help you find the five people on EARTH who would like your orange and green "heirloom" lamp from the 70's and allow you to sell it to the highest bidder on EBAY. It also can help you find that cute guy/girl from 3rd Period at Pick a President High School whom you used to make special eyes at, and allow you to actually find out who's life turned out better (or worse, or in prison!). So of course with anything so beautiful and positive (that allows me to toss random musings into the blogosphere) there is an unseemly underbelly, an unwanted element that hawks the steps of the sane.
In the coverage and ensuing media shower that occured after the unfortunate passing of Donda West, mother of hip-hop superstar Kanye West, some of the comments that were posted on various media boards (which now, every online outlet has that "post comment" option)made me question my staunch devotion to Voltaire's assertion that "I may not agree with a word you say but I will defend to the death your right to say it."
Do we really believe its okay to be down right evil to people at the time of their mother's passing? Does being in the public eye just remove your right to receiving compassion? Maybe I expect to much.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment