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Cell phone - Boon or curse Articles and speech writing in 50 words

Answer 1

This article covers both sides of the debate. On the first part, we are discussing why mobile phone is a bane. 

Why mobile phone is a Bane?


The other day, my daddy was telling me his childhood stories. He shared his evergreen memories of having a great time with his relatives. In the olden days, people used to visit friends and relatives often. But look at about our generation. How often we get to see our relatives? We just make a phone call to talk to them instead of visiting. We call our grandparents through phones to check if they are doing okay. We wish them Merry Christmas and Happy New Year by sending a text message. We are living in a fast moving world where social life is centered around the mobile phones. Mobile phones are the No:1 culprit in damaging our social life and family life. People have started Texting instead of talking and visiting. What more, I have seen people talking through phone to the family members in the next room instead of just getting up from the chair and walking over there.
Leave aside the social life. Think about the health problems because of excessive use of mobile phones. It is a scientific fact that cell phones emit radio frequency energy, a form of radiation, which can be absorbed by tissues in your body. The nervous system of children is still developing and is more vulnerable to factors that may cause cancer. Considering the fact that over 7 billion people use cell phones worldwide, I can't even imagine how many of them are waiting for the deadly decease called "Cancer".

Agreed, cell phones keep you connected, but think about the privacy you are losing. No matter where you are, whether it is a vacation in a beach or you are having some family time in a hill station, your phone can ring anytime and bring you some bothering news that will spoil your fun time. I have seen my mother will make sure everyone in the family turn off the mobile phones when we go for fun trips.

Places of worship are supposed to be divine where you get connected with the almighty God where ultimate silence is extremely important. But every Sunday, when I go to church with my parents, I hear all kinds of fancy ring tones that interrupt the prayers. Can't people leave the phones behind even for an hour of prayer?

How about the irritating commercial and funny text messages you receive everyday? How many spammy commercial messages are sent to people without their permission? For many people, it is one of their routine tasks to delete so many messages from their phone everyday, wasting so much of time and energy.

Many people use cell phones to show off and not to make phone calls. There are a lot of expensive, fancy phones, which costs more than the price of a laptop. Why do people waste so much money on cell phones which are meant to be simple devices to make phone calls when needed?

A recent study in USA shows that a teen sends average 400 text messages per week. About half of them are sent during class hours. Aren't you shocked to hear this? I am glad our India is much better and cell phones are not allowed in most schools. I can't even imagine we carrying cell phones to the schools and texting in the classrooms!

Here is my pledge: If I have the power, I will ban the cell phones in schools, colleges, churches, temples, offices and while driving to focus on learning, to improve productivity, to have a silent atmosphere, to protect privacy and to save lives. 

In the second part of this debate, we are discussing why mobile phone is considered as a boon.

Why cell phone is a Boon?


The other day, my daddy was telling me his childhood stories. Once he had to travel 14 hours to a relative's house just to ask him something. Another day, he traveled several hours to visit a family relative who was sick, but just to find out that the sick person has been transferred to a hospital in a completely different town which is another 8 hours travel. Isn't it ridiculous? How much time and energy was wasted travelling around just to ask something or tell something to another person. Cell phones is a real blessing which allow us to save a lot of time and help us spend those time for other productive purpose or just relax with family.

Some of my friends mentioned some health issues regarding the radiation from mobile phones. I agree that cell phones emit minute amount of radiation but it is too small to cause any health issues. Vehicles cause accidents, right? But do you stop using vehicles? If you see a car accident on the road, will you say "I will no longer ride a car"? Rather, we all take safety precautions while using cars and busses. So are the mobile phones.