Thursday, October 28, 2010

The Net is The Real World

     This is a very tragic story that would make you think twice before invading one's privacy even joking with an individual. It explains three young men that attended Rutgers Unniversity named Dhuran Raui, Molly Wei, and Tyler Clementi. Tyler Clementi notified his roomate Raui that he would be personally be using the room that night, and he would have a guest over. Raui then then tweeted that night his roomate was using the room for the night, and placed a webcam which viewed 18 yearold roommate Tyler Clementi having relations with a male. This video streamed all over the web, and the campus, puttin Tyler Clementi to such embarrasment he became an outcast. Three nights later poor Tyler clementi couldn't deal with being an outcast so in result he used suicide as an escape. The following day a search team discovered his body at shore, Raui and Wei the students who exposed him would be facing up to 5 year's in prison if found guilty. So technically what the author is trying to explain is how much the net play's a role in the world. Technology plays a role in the world. Technology didnt kill Tyler Clementi but it had part's with him reacting into suicide showing how real the net is, and i completely agree with the author. People dont know what affect they have on an individual by joking , or invading one's privacy. The affect the teenagers had on Tyler clementi put him into utter embarrassment, he felt he wouldnt be viewed the same. He was exposed for what ignorant people refuse to accept homosexuality, he would be ridiculed in school, his parents would probably be discouraged which left himm with only one escapeto his situation suicide. From what i have learned from this passage it is not right to make an indivdual feel embarrased, violated or exposed in any way, either if its on the internet or not. I say this because many peopole handle situation's like this in self destructive way's. I personally wouldnt have handeled the situation that way but it shows that we are all different , and react differently. So at the end of the day we see what affect the net has on our time.

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