THE improper use of mobile phones is becoming disconcerting, to say the least.
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At the weekend there were appalling images coming out of New York after two policemen were attacked with a machete.
While the officers were down receiving treatment half the assembled crowd pulled out their phones and began taking pictures.
No-one appeared to help, they just stood there clicking away.
Unfortunately it is a sad reflection on our society today.
Once it was just the media who came under fire for filming such incidents, but at least they have a job to do.
Now everyone seems to be doing it.
Why the fascination?
Two police officers lying on the ground critically wounded and all anybody wants to do is take pictures.
Pity their poor families.
Certainly it is a sign of the times.
And it’s not just the pictures.
People everywhere, especially teenagers, seem to live on their phones.
There they are playing with them day-in and day-out, barely lifting their heads to carry on a decent conversation.
Really though, mobile phones are a wonderful invention but, like many things, they are open to abuse.
Used properly they are an excellent communication device.
Just about everyone today has a mobile and many of them are at the cutting edge of technology.
We can’t go back in time and indeed who would want to?
But surely their use could be sprinkled with a little more decorum and perhaps commonsense could prevail.
Perhaps then ugly and obscene pictures, as well as many loud conversations, could come to an end.
Here’s hoping anyway.