Madam, – I have a cell-phone but only for use in emergencies. I fear for all the cell-phone and chat-room-obsessed people – especially youngsters. I live very happily without the internet, and don’t bother about e-mail.
Constantly validating that someone wants to talk to you is a sign of insecurity. Don’t imagine that the number of e-mails you get or the number of chat-room conversations you have are a sign of your popularity. Anyone could have electronic relationships. Why are people so in need of being connected with just about anyone – even while driving the car?
I like to observe quietly, to think my own thoughts, to phone my friends for an occasional chat and to fix to meet them in person. I don’t have to phone them to say “I’m leaving for the bus”, “I’m on the bus”, “I’m upstairs in the place where we’re meeting”.
The new communications technology should be a gift to be used with uncommon common sense. Obsession with this technology is sick. Watch out for your kids’ dependence on it – and for your own example to them. – Yours, etc,