Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Assignment one.
Should we post pictures/videos of bad behaviour on the internet?

I feel that we should not even take photographs of people in the public that displays inappropriate behaviour , much less of posting these pictures or videos online. There are various reasons and factors to support my following statement. Firstly, I do realise that privacy is indeed a sensitive issue , by taking the photos of people without them noticing , is rather intrusive towards their privacy. I understand that no one in this world wants their photos to be taken in the sly , and posting these pictures on net would probably be over the limit. This would cause embarrassment and shame to people whom photos have been taken . How would you feel if you were surfing on websites such as Stomper , just to find a picture of yourself sleeping on the train?


Another reason for my opposition is that in life , there are many people who tend to only look at one side of the picture. They always assume that there are only one side of the story , and failed to consider or even think about the possibilities of another side.
For an instance , an elderly man boards the train. He notices that the train is packed , and there is no available seats . He notices a teenage boy sleeping. The old man leans on the side of the train. A teenage girl , notices this , and was disgusted by the teenage boy's behaviour , as she had thought that the teenage boy was pretending to be asleep . She takes a photograph , and posted it to her computer when she reached home. A few days later , the teenage boy was surfing the Internet, where he stumbled upon his picture. He was surprised , shocked, and angry.

As a result , with these primary reasons , I have made my conclusion that posting pictures and videos about bad behaviour has a negative impact on people .