{"id":1400,"date":"2014-03-14T20:08:08","date_gmt":"2014-03-14T20:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southernfriedyanqui.com\/?p=119"},"modified":"2024-08-12T19:44:02","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T19:44:02","slug":"cyberbullying-has-very-little-to-do-with-the-cyber-part","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oakwoodexperience.com\/staging\/2633\/cyberbullying-has-very-little-to-do-with-the-cyber-part\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyberbullying Has Very Little to do with the “Cyber” Part"},"content":{"rendered":"

To begin with, I do not want to be interpreted as not having sympathy for victims of bad behavior. In fact, the whole reason behind my other blog (www.grownuptech.com<\/a>) is to empower people to make use of technology to increase their prosperity. But the bold reality is that cyberbullies are bullies regardless of access to technology. Technology just makes it easier to torment people, and opens up the floodgates of available victims.<\/p>\n

Technology is never the cause<\/i>\u00a0of problems between people. Technology is, for good or bad, for better or worse, a facilitator. Technology can assist in fanning an old flame on Facebook; in fact, Facebook is being blamed for an increasing number of divorces. A strong marriage in the first place is not vulnerable to such, and a partner who could be swayed on Facebook could be swayed anywhere else as well. Technology is being blamed for the rise in pornography addiction. Although it wasn\u2019t as widely known, due to the lack of resources to tell us about it, pornography was available before computers were putting it on the web. And before printed pornography, there were \u201cpeep shows\u201d and stalkers. Technology is being blamed for cyberbullying. Saying mean things is nothing new. If you didn\u2019t receive the barbs, you saw it happening to others.<\/p>\n

The problem isn\u2019t the technology, and removing the technology from the picture isn\u2019t going to solve it. The problem is lack of respect for people and relationships. And the reason it is spreading isn\u2019t because of the availability of technology. It\u2019s because the lack of respect for people and relationships is spreading.<\/p>\n

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