After reading the article, I have to admit my perspective about the internet changed completely. It is true, the internet have a lot of positives benefits. Now a days that the situations on many countries is bad, millions of families have been separated. The internet give those people the opportunity to keep in touch with their loved ones. Also, the internet give you access to a lot of information and research that is used to improve technology, to look for new treatments for diseases etc.
But this article showed me how dangerous the internet can be. Just because the newspaper published a cartoon of Muhammad with a few words making fun of it, someone from the islamic group went to take revenge by killing people. For me that was shocking. People have freedom of speech, that is right every human have. There will always be people who will make fun of you, your culture, you religion. But thats no reason why you should go and kill those people. (I am not saying is okay being racist and making fun of other races and cultures).
Internet was a huge part of this tragic attempt. It is sad that after this event, writers from all over the world felt scared to talk, scared to write what they feel. Because they saw that now a days everything you say can be used against you. And that there may be consequences like this one. If we don´t make something against this, soon, there will not be freedom of speech. Terrorism will win and technology and the internet would control us.
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