journal #5

Stuart Sim believes that we are part of a "Culture of Noise". this idea is easy to agree with. How could you argue that Americans aren't faced with noise constantly. It is almost impossible to experience silence, America has become a place of background noise. You cant eat a meal, go to a library, walk down a street, watch a ballgame, or study without some constant noise. Cell-phones, I-Pods, cars, airplanes, radios, TVs, are always around and are always emitting some unbelievably annoying noise even when no one is paying attention. Americans, me included haven't become fed up with this noise yet so it remains and will probably only continue to get worse. Think of the most secluded place you have ever been , chances are it wasn't completely silent. However, I don't believe this is always a bad thing. Yes, i would like to have silence when i study or I'm trying to sleep but other than that silence is scary. The last time i can remember silence was watching TV on 9/11, then the room other than the TV was totally silent. Silence to me means that there is something wrong. Today Americans disregard silence for convenience.