The Internet and It's Place in the World

Throughout our class, there has been a lot of talk about how the world communicates today. After reading a few other people's blog entries, I have learned that people consider that the internet has really served as a means of communication and it is both good and bad.  I consider this to be true in a way.  There exist two sides to this argument, number one: the internet is a really beautiful invention and brings cultures together.  It helps educate the world and is wildly useful for school purposes, and it helps to better bring two people together from different places on the globe that may never have seen each other before.  Number two: The internet has a negative influence on the world, it is used to further bully and demote people of various races, sexual orientations, and or ethnic groups.  Throughout the internet people can use their anonymous identites to attack groups of people or individuals.  Now there is my standpoint, I would primarily agree with number one. The internet is a wonderful addition to further better the world.  The internet can teach us languages to communicate, can educate us on problems outside of our own nation, can bring us closer to people who we would have never talked about, and can be a place where you can share your own ideas just as I am doing now.  When all of this bullying comes into play, it becomes a much less happy place i will admit.  However, people would insult or put people down whether it is online or offline it really does not make a difference.  You cannot stop the people with poor opinions, you can only withstand them and it does not matter whether that be on the internet or anywhere else.