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I remember the time when you needed to go shopping if you wanted to see the map of Rome. Now knowledge and information move free and it´s simple to communicate and share ideas with people who you would have never found before. When I look back now I feel like my youth was a prison and I´m basically happy with these changes. But web life has its minuses, too, and I think it grows some kind of double moral inside of us.
In the Internet, people do things which they would never do in their real life. We steal, lie and insult in a manner which would lead into trouble if we did it in the place where we physically live and exist. When it comes to ourselves we agree that expertise should be paid for but given the chance we feel free to download it free of charge. The funny thing is it´s called sharing. The same double moral shows in our net identities. If Mrs. Nobody wants to look like a high standard person in the Internet it´s not a big problem but the matter is more serious if a middle aged man plays the role of a young boy to attract teenager girls in the social media or if the illusion of free speech and anonymity gives a chance for racist people to find audience to their crap.
One example of insincerety is the way that people speak to each other in the net. Maybe it should be taken lightly as it is written lightly. I am so old-fashioned, though, that it hurts me if someone is talked to in a bad manner, even if it is not me.
This wasn´t ment as a criticism. As I said before, thanks for the link. It´s helpful for me now. It might be that the real person who I am wouldn´t steal from the shop even if the doors were left unlocked but Abla is an example of a divided morality and she breaks rules and limits now and then.
Edited (9/11/2011) by Abla
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