Do you like watching news or read papers every day? Well, it's a good practice to improve our English skills, right? Unfortunately, it's a bit difficult to ignore some sensational news even when you try to choose a good or inspiring one.
Sometimes you feel alarmed with the endless drastic news such as illegal drugs, animal cruelty, terrorism, deadly gun-shootings, wars and not to mention viruses that spread like wildfires.
In your opinion or experience, how do you cope to have a blissful time when these issues are always surrounding us? Please share your rational thoughts below. Thanks!
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@ Setareh
Thank you for commenting! Violence is a sad reality we should get used to. It's really upsetting to hear those news especially the one that's happening in Syria and other countries engaging in wars. Let's hope and pray that miracles happen and peace would reign once and for all.
Stay safe,
Robbie
Hi Robbie, very interesting question...
I think whether I like it or not, violence is part of human nature, we have to deal with it. My little comfort is to know the world is becoming less violent, just think about the abolition of slavery (slavery still exist, but it´s less common), declaration of human rights, declaration of women´s right are signs that mankind are advancing.
I think people see violence are increasing, because today we have access to global news, now we are exposed to violence from around the world, not only violence in our "home".
Can I ask you something? when you wrote "Please share your rational thoughts", what did you mean?? It´s the first time I read this sentece in my EC, it makes me curious...
Hi, Adaline!
It's nice to hear you like watching news. It makes us informed but too much of it could make us insane. I hope it wouldn't happen to us! Modern technology allows us to access the news easily even on social media. ;)
Thank you for sharing your thoughts regarding this topic! Have a terrific weekend!
Robbie
Hi Robbie,
That's very relevant to our country right now. Everyday we are bombarded by drug related killings news. Well I keep myself informed but I don't watch too much news. I spend more time reading with positive, good vibes topics on the net. Topic like minimalism, frugality,simple living those I enjoy and want to focus on. Thanks, Robbie. Enjoy your weekend!
Thanks for the good topic!
Yeah, it always bothers me to listen to the news! Why? Because most of them are bad ones! The top news nowadays goes around war and terrorism. So most of the time, I do not listen to the news. I think it is needed to know what happens around us, but you can hear it everywhere in the society, no need to seek for the news!
To keep on track, while many bad news are there, you should keep a good news in your mind! And this good news is that God is the greatest power, and he witnesses all the cruelties. He is just letting us do what we want. Though many times, He stops mankind not to ruin everything. He helps us with many bad situations, though we are the one who is responsible for that. Let's try to take the responsibility of our bad deeds, and hope for a white peaceful day when all cruelties are over and God gives everyone their true right!
Dear Robbie, It's really annoying for me listening to the news because as you know once in a blue moon there is some good news. The news is always about attacking, injuring, killing, killing and again more killing. A teenage boy killed 15 people with gun or a man burst a place with a bomb and killed innocent kids and women and men. Oh my God! hearing these news and not being able to do anything derives me crazy. Sometimes when i see beautiful faces of kids who are suffering due to war makes me so upset. That's why I'd rather not listening to news.
Dear Robbie, Very good topic. We all know that the emotional content of news and programs can affect our psychological health. It may direct affect on our behavior and thinking. Negative news always gets more attention. There are lot of bad and sad things happen in the world and its our rights to know them as well. People more anxious then ever before.
I like to watch the news before I leave in the morning. Mostly to find out local weather and traffic conditions. Evenings I watch all the news. I can tell some of the news is affecting me.
Thank you dear Robbie.
@ Mehboob Akhtar
You didn't answer the question. Anyway thanks! :)
@ Lucinka
It's so sad that some media outfits could sensationalize a news for profit or to attract attention. In addition, the social media could sometimes make it bigger because of instant sharing of opinion. Maybe we should learn to choose what news to watch wisely.
Thank you for answering this discussion. Keep safe! :)
Hola Estanis!
What a clever answer! Sitcoms such as The Simpson's could make us forget the world's problem. Sometimes when I'm fed up with the news, I switch to cooking shows which are more interesting because they provide information about food, culture and people.
Thank you for your comment, Amigo! :)
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