Brief Essay: Does Facebook define your soul? Earlier, I was speed-scrolling through the Facebook new-feed to see if there was a nugget of anything interesting, other than the usual dog, cat, baby and dinner photos. As I scrolled away, I seen a post with a photo of an ill looking person. The caption was the type Ive seen many times...This person is fighting cancer....Like and Share if you care, ignore if you dont have a heart I scrolled on. But then I started to feel a tad mean. Inhumane. My scrolling slowed to a crawl as I wrestled with my conscience. I had passed that post without Liking or Sharing.... Am I an uncaring bad man? Do I lack compassion? I asked myself. I began to feel like I had just been walking up the street, seen a little old lady being beaten and robbed nearby, but ignored her plight and walked on. I reversed my scrolling and went back to the cancer post. I was about to Like and Share......but then I stopped. I drew back. I realized that if I had really seen that little old lady on the street, in distress, I would immediately render the necessary aid. Does ignoring that cancer post mean I dont care about cancer patients? Of course not! Ive known wonderful people in my life who were taken by cancer. I know that I am essentially a good man. Morally healthy. I have integrity. If I was to need a lesson in morals from Facebook posts or any other social media I would have a deep problem already. A psychiatric problem. As I see it, the statement Ignore if you dont have a heart is a tad arrogant, crass and presumptuous. So, in future, if I scroll past such a post and start to feel a stab of guilt, I will simply say to myself...Get a life! -Scrapper.
Posted on: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 17:26:11 +0000
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