Can we ever have silence?

We have been discussing recently in class how much noise pollution there is no matter where you go. In public places there tends to be noise that you just can not avoid. When you go to a restaurant there is usually music or even the television being played in the background. This can become a problem because it takes away from people having quality discussions around the meal table. When my dad watches television during dinner time it tends to annoy me. It seems like he is so into the television set that there is little communication between people. There also tends to be noise where there was not before. This is because of the contribution of the telephone to the onset of noise pollution. It seems like people are always talking on their cell phone. This occurs even in the library...a place which is ment to be quiet and a place of academic study. In todays society we are confronted by noise every where and the question that I ask is if we chose noise. Like I mentioned earlier my dad watches television during dinner. Even in our cars where we are in control of the local environment people play music on their radio. In todays society it seems like we almost embrace the noise and prefer the lack of silence. Not to many people go to the movies to see a silent film or a film in another language (where we need to interpret what is happening). Also, when there is silence it sometimes tends to make people uncomfortable. If the people around us are not talking we tend to think there is a reason why, as in they do not like us. In todays world it seems like there wil never be true silence again and this is the path we have chosen.