tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5756292796580291035.post3606289418018013804..comments2023-10-01T01:56:19.699-07:00Comments on You Made Me Theorize: Joseph P. Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12757706787232014827noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5756292796580291035.post-45763376526160558042010-04-19T14:46:37.548-07:002010-04-19T14:46:37.548-07:00Point, Counterpoint--Local Edition<a href="http://media.www.gwhatchet.com/media/storage/paper332/news/2010/02/12/Opinions/Madeline.Twomey.Banning.Laptops.Hurts.The.Environment-3871160.shtml" rel="nofollow">Point</a>, <a href="http://media.www.gwhatchet.com/media/storage/paper332/news/2010/03/11/Opinions/Kip-Kosek.Why.I.Banned.Laptops-3888556.shtml" rel="nofollow">Counterpoint</a>--Local EditionJoseph P. Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12757706787232014827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5756292796580291035.post-79575783639795643732010-04-19T12:52:59.384-07:002010-04-19T12:52:59.384-07:00This picture is depressing. If I were that baby a...This picture is depressing. If I were that baby and saw that picture today I would be so sad that my own mother cared more about a text than holding me for the first time! But, I guess its a good representation of where society is headed... <br />I think its a good idea to cut yourself off from technology every once in a while. I know I am personally addicted to facebook and when I dont have internet I feel disconnected from the world, but I'm working on my problems! Ha!Alex Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05499911399938915194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5756292796580291035.post-77907419822310280642010-04-18T21:15:14.553-07:002010-04-18T21:15:14.553-07:00All I can say is that while that picture is hilari...All I can say is that while that picture is hilarious (because the situation is ridiculous and I know of stupid teenagers who would do the same thing), there is such a sadness behind it. This girl who just helped to create life finds it more important to text than even look at HER newborn.<br /><br />It almost seems like all this technology desensitizes us. In my UW 20 class last year (Fight Club and violence in 20th century America), we discussed how the rise in violence, technology, crime, etc, has been reflected in our literature. While these things happen in real life, authors like Proulx, Palahniuk, Munoz, Robert Stone, have to make novels vivid, explicit, at times overwhelming to even hold the readers attention.Lauren Kardoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15449764158729260632noreply@blogger.com