2007 Considerations – Social Issues of Our Time

Every era in human history and every society in every civilization has had social issues to deal with and specific things which were unique to the time and in the present period in The United States of America there is no exception to that truth. Indeed with the advent of the Internet the dynamics of society and human interaction has changed vastly. Recently we have witnessed a paradigm shift with online social networks such as MySpace.com and self-expression thru the sharing of online videos, articles and digital pictures on some of the Internets most high-trafficked websites.

All these changes, new technologies and human interaction choices are evolving at a faster rate than ever before and with it so to is humankind’s civilization, societies and social issues. The automobile, radio, Television all changed the social issues of their day and the way humans socialized. The Internet has once again changed the way we work, play and socialize. The International Terrorists attacks of 911 also changed everything. One has to wonder what tomorrow might bring with perhaps artificially intelligent robotic house robots, smart appliances and Virtual Reality living rooms?

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The Suleman Octuplet Issue is Not a Family Issue – It is a World Social Issue

The Suleman Octuplet issue is not a family issue. It is a world social issue.

In my opinion it is mind boggling to comprehend how individuals can not understand that world over-population is the most serious problem facing survival on earth. More astonishing is that there are no firm national and state laws that restrict the medical community to prevent unnecessary vitro fertilizations.

Like no other time in the history of man-kind, survival of the society is far more important than individual rights. Humans do not have the right to cause damage or hardship on other citizens or to the society. A person is failing to reason if he or she can not realize that today the world is overpopulated and that a child unnecessarily dies every 3 seconds because of hunger, poverty, and easily preventable diseases and illnesses.

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