tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587493310398756944.post5194894813791474282..comments2023-08-20T02:39:05.958-07:00Comments on More from the Stagg Line Newspaper: Technology and TeensDon Botthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05709667186750396956noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587493310398756944.post-40281591811760760922009-12-21T15:03:18.525-08:002009-12-21T15:03:18.525-08:00By and large technology is neutral although McLuha...By and large technology is neutral although McLuhan rightly suggests that the mode of communication will modulate the message. Take the internet for example - it is no more than a series of wires and switches which of themselves carry no morality. The content is where ethics and morality kick in. A website that informs us that there is a famine in Africa is good - it educates and maybe we become more aware of the sufferings of those we don't see (and make a financial contribution) - that is good.<br />However, a website that makes money by promoting pornography and devalues the sanctity of marriage or exploits women is bad. People make technology what it is!Johnhttp://www.catholicpriest.me.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587493310398756944.post-137566795943729972009-12-20T08:16:31.957-08:002009-12-20T08:16:31.957-08:00who wrote thiswho wrote thisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com