Text messaging

Text messaging can be dated back to 1989 via NASA. It wasn't until the early 1990's when it became commercial. This feature wasn't very popular with people until about the 2000's. But when it took off, it ruined lives. A survey done by Nokia has concluded texting to be "an addictive activity" Texting is sending simple messages through text via phones or computers. These messages are limited to 160 characters including spaces.

Texting has had a bad effect on our society and have been the cause of a new public nuisance. Enhanced cheating within relationships, given people new ways to cheat on tests and exams, and caused many teenage girls to cause brutal car accidents. With some states even beginning to enable laws against texting while driving and/or walking. Recently Arnold Schwarzenegger has deemed it illegal to text while driving in the state of california. First offense being 20 dollars and 50 dollar fine for subsequent violations. It has even been reffed to as “Sexting.” Sexting is slang term, the act of sending sexually explicit or suggestive content between mobile devices using text messages.

This has created monsters within society, people texting non stop. It has changed the youth greatly. I am for social use of texting, but there has to be a line drawn somewhere. The question is where, what laws should be made in order for the world to be a safer place. Eliminate texting all together, I'm sure this would cause an uproar and riots within junior high schools. For the time being people in power can only limit and make small restrictions to attempt to stop people from ruining their own lives via text message.

http://ezinearticles.com/?How-Text-Messaging-Started&id=1882851

http://articles.latimes.com/2008/sep/25/local/me-arnold25

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