Cyber Bullets do not Kill
It has become frequent nowadays to hear about shooting in schools, two years ago in January 25th, there was a shooting at the Beirut Arab University in Lebanon, and in April that same year more than thirty people were shot dead in the United States in what was known as the “Virginia Tech Massacre”. These shooting are not restricted to some counties, many have been observed worldwide notably in Finland, Germany, Australia, Russia and Thailand. People started to point fingers at violent media accusing violent media, especially violent games, to be leading to real-life violence, while others took the defense of violent media. I believe that violent media should not be held responsible for such acts -although that it may be a small contributing factor- , mainly because violence rates are not increasing, research done is not conclusive, and because violent media may also have some positive effects.
Filed under Games, Society | Tags: Education, Gaming, School Shootings, Violence | Comments (12)The Phoenix Awakens
The world has changed and so have we,
United we would never be.
Consumed by selfish greed our leaders fall,
The propaganda war blinds us all.
Unless we change for a new tomorrow,
The Lebanese soil will cry in sorrow,
Recalling the days we Lebanese stood firm,
Against all odds, fighting by our own terms.
Corrupted Roots
This is why I don’t copy…
It has become a habit and a very well rumor in circulation that there is copying/cheating in the official exams, while this is not valid in some centers, and very outrageous in others, the media remains however blackened by that fact, which means that someone is covering up pretty well the traces.
This article’s main reason is to expose such trespasses and display the consequence of such acts and how it is affecting not only the people that are cheating but the other and even the country.
Green Light
I have at an earlier time this year heard that we – the Lebanese people – are very civilized, although the person who said that comment was very certain, I just wasn’t convinced.
I mean, how could we talk about civilized people when, every day, driving on the road home, we curse almost a few dozen times, because some people don’t deserve to be driving (I wonder from where or how they got their license anyway?). But still, we thank god we came home safe, in one piece, and life goes on.
I still wonder how we could say that there are civilized people when we do not abide by the basic communications ethics, which are to actually listen to what the person is saying until he/she finishes and not intervening before the idea has been said (the concept of raising the hand has not yet been clearly implemented in our lives)
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