The lights and buzz

Social networking websites have made the world a worse place. People don't talk on the phone anymore, or write letters, or travel to be with someone. They send them a message on Facebook and think that this is a suitable substitute. But a message on Facebook is nothing, its just some words bashed out on a keyboard and then forgotten about. Maybe the person you just spent a whole 3 minutes of your life thinking about needs something more. Maybe they want to hear your voice, maybe you would like to hear theirs.

All sites like Facebook have done is make people more arrogant, more self obsessed and selfish. It's far too easy to just think that by adding someone on facebook you can call them a friend, but the definition of a friend involves words like respect, regard and affection and you don't get any of those things on Facebook.

5 young people have taken their own lives in the city I live in the last few weeks and I'm not all that surprised. Where were they supposed to go for support and help? Maybe they sat at home alone in front of a computer screen and wondered if this was all that life had to offer.

Maybe people should stop thinking about themselves all day, every day and put some thought in to the people they surround themselves with. Maybe one of these people you care about is crumbling, maybe there are feeling lost and alone and maybe by logging off of Facebook and actually being there you could help.