Immediate friends?  

inivmi 11/7/2009 3:31 pm Last Read: 11/8/2009 8:40 am

In this day and age of constant sensory bombardment, we are rarely permitted the time to sit back and think. If we find ourselves with a few spare moments, there is the tv, radio or i-pod to distract us. To this end, I was thinking about these types of sites- and do they serve a similar purpose? For centuries, we have had friendly relations across the world- but never with the immediacy possible today. Now-a-days it seems we cant go a single second without knowing what every simpleton on the planet with mobile phone is doing. And who really keeps tabs on bloody Kevin Rudd's twits?! Y'ask me they're ALL twits. Sorry, for those who speak English- in Aussie slang, a twit is just a brain-dead, useless piece of .... So my queston is - does the possibility of immediate gratification via the web, lower the intrinsic value of friendship, now that it is possible for the world to get together- or expand exponentially the possibilities of world peace? If you felt you knew the people half a world away as well as the people halfway down the street, perhaps you'd be a little less inclined to wanna blow their village/town/country outta the place? When I was a young lad, soaking up philosophy, maths, sociology and the joys of hard work growing up in my dad's kitchen- I learnt that we are all the same. We bleed, cry feel- we are same. My dad, when we moved to a new suburb, once spent 6wks catching the train to work at the same time, and wishing the same people "Good morning" before he got a bite. He came from work that afternoon with a grin like a Cheshire cat. "I got one!" he said to me as he came in the door. I knew straight away what he meant, we had spoken about it a few times. Sometimes things take time i guess is all I'm trying to say. In this time of massive fraud and global unrest, both financially and socially- trust in one's fellows is in short supply. Perhaps that is what fuels this need for the presence of some-one in our lives? Maybe at the end of the game, we'll either trust and believe each other, or ... Time to run, have a great day. Like I say, makes it easier on the rest of us. IZDONT PANIC.E 4]

frozenflower3 250 posts  11/8/2009 5:12 am

There's a point in knowing friends across the globes. Every day interaction what's going on. Peace can stand a chance. For example in the 3rd world how much suffering and starvation that goes on, here in america land of the plenty don't quite see that hardship and are spoiled. Except for the Appalachian folks and ghetto streets. If one sees that there is hardship and pain, maybe they'll have second thoughts of blowing up another country... Communication and lack of understanding is what blocks the whole process. No empathy. All just apathy and hate going on. Spreading the LOVE is what's it all about to bring happiness to the less fortunate and hopeless...