Place a Ban on Facebook?
Should Facebook members be regulated? Should a ban be placed upon Facebook itself?
Facebook is a tool when it is used as it was intended. Facebook is a weapon when used in ways there were never intended. But is this a reason to ban Facebook? Or should Facebook require background checks on all it members, past and future?
Recently, I have been quite ill. And my wife has posted requests for friends to pray for me. I have appreciated that many friends have responded positively to pray for me. This is an example of a positive use of Facebook (if you believe in prayer, as we do). It harms no one and invites community. I have been surrounded by a believing community to hold my needs up before our mutual Father. Whether one believes in prayer or not, he can see the value of such a rallying point for those who do.
One the other side–Facebook as weapon. I have read the articles and heard the TV news stories of those who have been libeled and bullied through negative community. Various evil people have used their words and photos to inflict damage by impuning the character or behavior or looks or whatever of others. This is an example of the negative use of Facebook.
So, to your mind, what’s the problem? Facebook? or People?
And how do you make application to the idea of good men and women with guns, verses bad men and women with guns? Are guns really the issue? Doesn’t evil always find a “way around?”
QUESTION: What do you think?
©2013, David C Alves
Filed under: Signs of the Times
