SMS - The Convenience Zone

Where do we draw the line between messages we can convey by SMS to messages we should deliver ourselves, in a privately manner? Looks like this line is dissolving by the hour if a Minister of Foreign and Defense can give his resignation letter by SMS…!

Don’t believe it? I was skeptic and read it twice too…  Apparently the Prime Minister of Timor-Leste (where is that?!) received an SMS from his Foreign and Defense Minister, Jose Ramos-Horta, saying he’s quitting, and accepted the resignation by SMS as well.

If someone works for Timor-Leste’s mobile operator and can get us a transcript of those SMSs - I’d be very grateful… I can think of about a million different phrasings for these 2 SMSs, from nasty to most formal… You're welcome to share your speculations with me... ;)

Putting all the sarcasm aside for a moment - people, what’s going on lately?!!! Are you nuts??? If every delicate/ sensitive/ touchy issue would find its way to the evasive world of SMS, where are we heading to as a society?! SMS is very handy, useful, time saving, I agree, but there are situations where this is just not appropriate because it means we don’t cope with the difficulties. If (any) Minister of Defense can handle with politicians, military forces, the media, I’m sure he can handle the discomfort of submitting a resignation letter accompanied by disagreement and criticism. Personally, I think that all of us are capable of handling our sensitive issues. Please be more responsible and less coward and step out the personal convenience zone.

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