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opinion:
our view
Turn off the damn
phone!
You know it's happened to you before. You are sitting in your
favorite movie or play or whatever and suddenly that little
song starts, that irritating, but clever sound that drives
you up the wall and you think to yourself, "I hope that
person doesn't answer that."
Does this sound familiar? You know it seems as if everytime
you think there's no way that person will answer that phone,
they do. They pick it up and disturb the people around them
even more.
This is just an example of the total lack of common courtesy
that people have these days.
Seemingly everybody else's life is more important that whoever
is around them, which brings about their total disregard for
simple decency.
You know what it is like when a person around you doesn't
exhibit the same politeness as you in a class or when you
are out to dinner with friends, right?
This problem needs to be rectified, if our society is ever
going to have any respect for each other and unify ourselves.
There is nothing so important that it can't wait a couple
of hours, it would not kill somebody to turn their phone off
for a little while or just not answer it out of respect for
those around us.
We as Americans need to wake up and realize that the world
does NOT revolve around us. We need to realize that we're
a community, a rather large community that will only continue
to strive if we find a respect and decency for one another.
Look across the world at the wars and lives being lost and
you will find countries that have no respect for their fellow
countrymen. You see people who are so self righteous and self-centered
that they do not realize that they are nothing more than a
mere speck on this huge planet.
Everybody's life and agenda is always more important than
anyone else's. Even during this time of war, people still
walk around not realizing the things that have caused other
countries to hate the United States.
People do not merely hate the United States for no reason.
They hate us for our selfishness, our individualism that only
recognizes what's important to us and not everyone else around
us.
Our selfishness begins with little things. Minor technological
advances that make us readily available to anybody, anytime.
Do not let the war happening abroad fool you, our biggest
problem does not exist outside of our country, it exists here
where simple common courtesy has been lost.
We can make a huge step at solving this problem by just paying
more attention to those around us. By realizing that if something
we are doing would irritate us if somebody else was doing
it, than maybe we should not do it ourselves.
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