good only to a point (Score 2)

I'm from the Philippines, and I do own a GSM phone capable of SMS. It's a good thing actually, as it allows us to communicate fairly inexpensively.

However, it has gotten to a point where people already have their noses buried into their phones while doing practically everything (including driving for heaven's sake!) They do it in church, in class, and it's not uncommon to see a bunch of young people seated around a table none of them talking, but all of them meditating on their SMS.

Nowadays, when newspapers/magazines run profiles on young people here, when asked about hobbies, one of the first they answer is "text messaging" or "texting". Geez, whatever happened to stamp collecting, reading, music, or computer programming?

When it comes to that, I don't like the implications because it means that even in the presence of something more worthwhile, or even in the presence of friends, you'd rather text away. Rumors spread via irresponsible use of SMS endangered some banks here by causing depositors to withdraw heavily.

Such misuse or use at the cost of everything else is not a good thing.