Mankind has been, since creation, influenced by a being who wants to destroy us with deadly messages. The first one: a serpent mentioned in the Bible, manipulated by an invisible force, spoke up in the Garden of Eden in order to embarrass, humiliate and destroy God’s reputation. Accomplishing its task of making the first couple on Earth, misinterpret God’s command of faithfulness to mislead them until their death.
Later Zeus, a chief god in Greek Mythology, his goddesses and sons, who used to celebrate their feasts on the Mount Olympus in Greece, bullied all human beings, inferior to them, with verbal and physical communication for centuries, until they disappeared from Earth.
Centuries later, Alexander the Great, at a very young age, conquered many territories using his knowledge and skills nurtured by famed philosopher Aristotle. However, he, himself was forced to turn back by the near-mutiny of his troops in 323 BC.
This empire advanced and invaded other nations with intimidating messages. Greeks bullied many peoples and reached power. Then, Romans started to bully the rest of the nations and obtained the same world power. They, using the figure and messages of Julius Ceasar, humiliated a significant number of human beings in order to experience glory and satisfaction on the misery of others. Moreover, Jews were humiliated. Then, State Church of the Roman Empire humiliated a humble man who walked on Earth. Jesus Christ, the son of God. Afterwards all Christians were bullied and assassinated.
Likewise, Byzantine Empire, as a continuation of the Roman Empire, bullied other peoples to rule over them. However, there were many Christians emerging as an opposition to this kingdom. Therefore, Constantine paying attention to rumors, started to favour Christianity, with a strategic plan to dominate others as follows:
Constantine got a lot of Christian advisors at his court to tell him what the Christian God wanted, so he could be sure to keep God on his side. His advisors told him that God wanted Constantine to give a lot of money and land to the Church, and that God wanted the Church not to have to pay taxes, and Constantine did all those things.
Consequently, the Church manipulated power and started to rule over mankind for more than 1600 years with the ideas of threatening all, using a Latin Bible, for people not to read it or accessing it, since it was a language no longer spoken. The idea was to threaten humans and control them with an invisible force.
The same force emerged through many ingenious scientists, who discovered the atomic bomb and invisible waves used in “technology” seeking mankind advance.
Nowadays, the Internet, the cellular phone, and any other electronic devices are used to communicate one another. Nevertheless, these means have been used to harm other people’s reputation and to annihilate mankind.
Therefore, is there any advancement for us? The answer is: YES.
A new and sophisticated way to use the same invisible force, present in the Garden of Eden whose purpose was to wipe out our race through tormenting, threatening, harassing, humiliating, or embarrassing others. Especially teenagers, with the improper use of the Internet or mobile phones; almost 24 hours a day.
“ About one third (32%) of all teenagers who use the internet say they have been targets of a range of annoying and potentially menacing online activities – such as receiving threatening messages; having their private emails or text messages forwarded without consent; having an embarrassing picture posted without permission; or having rumors about them spread online.
Depending on the circumstances, these harassing or “cyberbullying” behaviors may be truly threatening, merely annoying or relatively benign. But several patterns are clear: girls are more likely than boys to be targets; and teens who share their identities and thoughts online are more likely to be targets than are those who lead less active online lives”1
How are we going to stop bullying?
1:By Amanda Lenhart, Senior Research Specialist, Cyberbullying and Online Teens . DATE: June 27, 2007
Eduardo I loved the point of view fromw hich you looked at this topic. Bullying as you pointed is out is not a new thing, we have just added a new weapon to the aresnol that is accessible to all.
ReplyDeleteInteresting point of view. Cyberbullying is definitely not a new thing. As you pointed out, one has to use tact when sharing information online.
ReplyDeleteI agree that it is not new...but in my school days, I only had to face bullies during school hours. The web has added a 24/7 feature to bullying.
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