The world is moving so fast these days that somehow
it could make anyone who wants to slow down to get giddy. Ultra-modern
technology is at the fingertips of just anybody today irrespective of their
age, gender, social status, academic qualification and all, but like someone
once said, the more we are technologically inclined, the less human we are
becoming. A lot of our men appear to
have turned even crueler and monstrous than they used to be; today it has
become unfathomably normal to see boys stealing nude photographs of their
dates, love conquests and girl friends for subsequent online publications. Many
homes are being broken and so many marriage proposals cancelled because of nude
photographs gone viral on the internet. In our own days it used to be very
shameful and embarrassing for a man to kiss and tell and gentlemen were
regarded as those who are able to keep their mouths shut after doing it with a
girl. But these days I have this weird feeling that there are no longer
gentlemen outside there, in fact, sometimes I doubt if there are even men out
there at all.
What
kind of a man would take the private or personal photograph that somehow was
meant for him and decide to make it a public photograph just to punish his girl
friend, date or sugar mummy? What a lot of us do not know is that the injurious images and videos shared on the internet would possibly be there
forever and even though they appear to be fun for some of us today, they might
turn around to hunt us tomorrow. I don´t know why I have this feeling today
that less crimes are physically committed these days than cybercrimes and I
think that most governments are not equipped enough to pursue or prosecute these
unconventional criminals. Because for all I still know, libel, impersonation of
character especially with the aim of perpetrating a crime, malicious crime
against some other person´s character and so on all constitute a crime in most
countries but many criminals appear to be going scot-free with damaging other
peoples reputation online and even encroaching on their privacy without their
consent.
Just yesterday, a girl who felt jilted by a boy
sneaked into his Facebook account to publish what she claimed was the boy´s
private part on the boy´s wall, ignorance of the law should not be an excuse,
by this act; the girl has committed at least two punishable crimes, 1, Using the
boy´s identity falsely and 2, consequently defaming the boy by posting what was
supposed to be his private photograph in public without the boy´s consent.
People should not think that by hiding under the anonymity of the internet to
commit a crime they are exculpated or justified. A virtual crime is also a
crime especially when other persons are connected to it without their consents
or when they are maligned and denigrated gratuitously.
This may sound outrageous, but I think that a
lot of us need a very conscientious education on the proper usage of most of
these ultra-modern devices. They are not toys and should not be mistaken for toys;
we should mind how we push the “send” button, because once sent, a lot of
things become very difficult to retrieve or delete. These devices are supposed
to enhance our everyday livelihood, but a lot of us are misusing them, it is
not the same thing to use a video image to report or denounce a crime and to
use it to commit a crime. A lot of us are so much concerned about getting the
breaking news or publishing exclusive news that we appear to have lost all our
humanitarian characteristics. I see people these days, hell bent on getting a
perfect shot or a vantage video coverage of a drowning person than actually
trying to save a soul. People no longer step in to try to hold a fight, once
they smell an argument they are very swift to press the record button even if
one of the fighters is dying in the fight, this is the zenith of heartlessness.
It all boils down to how human beings can use a
positive and a developmental device negatively and to their own destruction. Like
medicines which must only be taken with due professional prescriptions, I think
it is beginning to get to that time when human beings will begin to be issued a
prescription on how best to use today´s communication devices and if discovered
that they are using it wrongly, it should be confiscated from them and a ban
placed on them for a period of time or a prison term placed on them depending
on the magnitude of the anomaly they have committed.
And those of you young girls who are very quick
to post your nude photographs on the internet, especially you under-aged, I know
that youthful exuberance can cause you to do many crazy things but the truth is
this, the world unfortunately is a patriarchal world, don´t ask me why, but for
some reasons, boys who post their nude photographs online are not seen in the
same light as girls who do the same, so it is always advisable to be very sure
of what you are doing, think before you hit the “send” button. And mind how you
allow your boyfriends to record your sex tapes or take complicating or implicating photographs
of you because you never can tell, the fun of today can become a multi-headed
monster tomorrow that will torment you all your life. A word is enough for the
wise.
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