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Anol Mongaya: 2 gory deaths, sex and technology
Sunday, February 1, 2009
THE gruesome deaths of call center agent Lynn Vi Ebarita and Emily Nuñeza draw our attention to the social impact and dangers of modern-day technology.
Police investigators and reporters had been talking, off the record, about what they learned regarding the liberal sexual lifestyle of call center agents in the course of the Ebarita investigation.
Maybe it’s the tension of facing the PC, handling irate callers and being confined together for eight hours during mostly graveyard shifts. Many call center employees end up having several liaisons and some even engage in group sex. As we all know, the call center industry is a recent phenomenon brought possible by advances in information and communication technology.
I understand that one theory pursued by investigators involved a possible invitation to enjoy with the group gathered by Lynn Vi’s best friend at the Nikei Hotel in Mandaue City—a sex party that went awry.
According to a former Sun.Star editor who went to work in a call center, equally tragic was what happened to another group in another Cebu-based call center. They tested positive for HIV.
Emily Nuñeza, on the other hand, responded to a radio program “Wanted Pangga†that featured blind dates through the airing of their cell phone numbers. We in Superbalita had long ago refrained from publishing cell phone numbers because of numerous complaints about unwanted texters. But apparently, the said radio program became popular because of the opportunity of talking with the prospective text mate first live on air.
Unfortunately for Emily, she ended up a victim of rape and murder at the hands of her anonymous text mate. After all, many radio callers and eventual text mate do not immediately reveal their identities. “Mangalyas una.†One does not really know the identity of the other person.
Nevertheless, I’m not really sure if banning programs like “Wanted Pangga†or non-publication of cell phone numbers will stop perverts from preying on text mates or friends found through other forms of new media. Today, there are the unregulated interaction in thousands of online chat rooms, message groups, news groups, message boards, and social networks.
-http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/mongaya-2-gory-deaths-sex-and-technology
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