This cellular phone, and how it is used has created a social divide between the have and the have nots, and developed self-absorption and a kind of selfishness that generates rage in the streets of cities I've visited within the have nots, and disturbs people in need because if, for example, someone is accosted the people nearby become spectators and film it; offering no help. Pity to the people whose phones die in public, who cannot afford one any longer, lose their phone, or their phones are stolen with ease because of how profoundly disconnected most are in public of the people around them. Should anyone of these scenarios happen the profound realization on their faces is heart wrenching to witness; at least for me.
A panic sets in because the person sees the world as it has become: isolated; and the groping feeling for some way to call someone is not helped by the reality that there are no pay phones, which are practical to maintain. What is most frightening is people will not share their phones with a hapless soul. Fear and possessiveness grips the phone users, and they will pretend not to see the dilemma, scoff arrogantly, or lie about not having a phone. It is a naked feeling, but it is a social reality. - Gregory E. Woods 10.11.13
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