Not required, the dangers of media

So this is a post that I have chosen to do on my own time, despite the fact that i'm not caught up with my usual ones...

I live in a small town called Stroud, and its about 5 minutes south of Barrie. In Barrie Thanksgiving Monday, a little boy named Brandon Crisp went missing. He was looked for for almost 3 weeks, until some hunters came across his body in some woods in Oro Medonte. This boy was 15, and he died for a very disturbing reason. He ran away from home on Thanksgiving Monday because his parents took away his xbox 360. Brandon was an avid player of Call of Duty, and his parents were seeing it affect his school work. So he ran away from home. His parents thought nothing of it, assuming he would be back in the morning and would just go to a friends house. However, Brandon climbed a tree that night to get out of the snow, and fell out, crushing his ribcage and dying instantly.

This disturbs me for a few reasons. One, the boy was only 15, and someone should not die that young. But what disturbs me most is the circumstances surrounding this boys death. He died because his video games were taken away. That is what is happening in todays ever changing and advancing world. People are becoming addicted to their certain technologies to the point where they make stupid decisions if for some reason they can't be involved with this technology. Fifty years ago none of this was a problem. Technology was just becoming accessible. And I bet that the people involved with the creation of any of the major technologies never thought their technologies would cause ddeath, insanity, or anything of the sort.

But the fact is that people become absorbed in their technologies, it starts to take over their lives. We're all guilty of it, I for one can't go 10 minutes without looking at my phone. And I have to check my Facebook once a day at least. However, when these things aren't accessible to me, I'm fine with it.

It just scares me that there are people out there who can be so over-taken by one form of technology that it could lead to tragedies like Brandon's.