Hi folks.
I'm YJ who loves Eng.
Theseday, we often see a bad news about celebrities' life on TV or massmedia.
And that kinds of way to get gossips makes them hurt or to be murdered.
Somtimes they become a victim of entertainment so that it gets lose their fans.
So, I'd like to share the opinion on "Malicious Message".
As usual, you have to read these articles more than five times, prepare what you wanna talk and ask.
By Jung Min-ho
Only in his death was singer Lim Yoon-taek able to silence the sadistic online rumors that described him as a shameless attention-seeker faking stomach cancer. But this doesn’t mean that the Internet haters are ready to let go of the 33-year-old vocalist, who is scheduled to be buried today.Granted, the majority of comments on Facebook and Twitter about Lim, who is leaving behind a wife and a three-month-old daughter, were expressions of mourning and admiration. Still, reactions of anger and hatred were easy to find.''Finally, he’s dead,’’ read one blog posting.Another online writer chimed in, saying, ''Of course, cancer patients are supposed to die. Who knows if he killed himself (to hide his lie)?’’The Internet has been dramatically changing the way people share ideas and shape opinions, a process that has been accelerated by the explosive use of mobile Internet devices such as smartphones, and an insatiable appetite for social media.However, with more conversations and communications taking place behind a computer monitor or small handheld screens instead of between real persons, the line between freedom of expression and being a plain idiot frequently disappears.“Maybe the anonymous comments coming from behind the computers and smartphones are the true indicators of where we are in terms of our Internet culture,” said Kim Hyun-min, a 27-year-old businessman.“I wonder if the case is the same in other countries.”It’s debatable whether the thousands of immature and horrific comments should be seen as a reflection of society’s mental health. It’s easy to call Internet users anonymous, but the uncomfortable truth is that these are real people who could very much share the subway to work.People like Kim argue that the toxic social media environment is just one of the many indicators of a society becoming increasingly dysfunctional, the others being soaring crime rates and the planet’s highest suicide rate.Lim’s cancer has been a target of some people ever since he revealed his illness during the band’s victorious run on “Superstar K3” two years ago.They accused the band of fabricating Lim’s condition to help them win the reality singing contest. Lim’s doctor Ra Seon-young at Yonsei University corroborated the diagnosis, saying “He is doing really well probably because of his positive mindset,” but it didn’t stop such verbal attacks.The haters continued to raise questions over his illness, making “lies” one of the most searched words with Lim’s name on Naver, Korea’s most popular search site.Lim wasn’t the first singer to endure a harsh Internet experience.Daniel Seon Woong Lee, better known as Tablo and front man of rap group Epik High, had to fight against groundless accusations for years that he failed to earn his degree from Stanford University.The situation got out of hand when the online haters began to threaten his family and even form a group committed to ''finding the truth.’’ Eventually Stanford was pulled into the mess, publically confirming Lee’s attendance. Lee filed a lawsuit against his Internet attackers and the Supreme Court recently ruled in favor of the rapper.Former MBC anchorwoman Song Ji-seon was also victimized by the Internet users’ bitter remarks following disclosure of her relationship with Doosan baseball player Im Tae-hoon. She leaped to hear death on May 2011.“When it comes to mean comments online, I would say Korea is the worst as far as I know,” Yumi Sato, a Japanese exchange student at Yonsei University, said. “Of course, Japan also has mean Internet users. But it is probably like a drop in the ocean, compared to the case here. For example, I never heard of celebrities committing a suicide because of such comments in Japan.”A Korean resident from Canada said Koreans appears especially “obsessive” online.“In regard with being vicious online, I would say Canada isn’t much different. What’s a scary thing here though is, people are more persistent both in good and bad ways,” a public school English teacher, who refused to be named, said.
Question)
1. What do you think about "Malicious Message"? Is it violent?
2. Have you posted a message on the web site in order to cloud other people's pleasure?
If so, what was your commnets? And why did you do that?
3. If someone who haven't met leave a violent message on your SNS or your own homepage, how would you do?
What if that bad guy is your close friends?
4. How could we resolve this crime? How could you purnish them?