I strongly disagree with Fishers thoughts on cell phones. Cell phones are not the cause for the demise of common courtesies; it’s the people that use them.
To start I am not saying that Fisher is wrong merely; that he is overlooking the human contribution to the demise of courtesies. It’s not like mobile phones are a alien race bent on destroying human culture, or a super smart sentinel out too take over the world. Their tools made by man to make our life easier. For instance I was out in downtown Sacramento enjoying the sites, when I realized I was completely lost, and at first I was scared like a dog that been abused for long that he is afraid of human contact. So I sat on the corner for quite some time dumbfounded till I remembered my phone had gps. I typed in my address and I was home.
secondly not all people are inconsiderate while on their phones, so what if some on is in the park on the phone they have the right to have a conversation were ever they like, and if some one is being impolite it not the mobile phone telling the person to rude, it may be the person is rude by nature, and is discourteous to every one weather on the phone or not .
so you see phones are not thee cause for peoples discourteous acts, its the new generation perception on polite behavior that is the cause for the demise of the common social courtesies.
