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From: peter@taronga.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
Subject: Re: Caller-ID: a thought to ponder
Message-ID: <9YT25UG@taronga.hackercorp.com>
Date: 31 Mar 91 20:44:13 GMT
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Peter_MacDougall@mindlink.UUCP (Peter MacDougall) writes:
> OK.  So that is not quite true if he was logging onto a BBS.  But aside from
> personal E-Mail, a BBS can be a lonely anonymous place for most.  You cast
> your arrow in the air and where it lands you know not where.  Most of the
> "personal" is taken out of personal interaction (perhaps with the exceptions
> of flames and e-mail)

To the contrary, for a lot of people a BBS is a warm, friendly place where
they can interact with people on whatever terms they choose. Even seriously
handicapped people are no longer handicapped when everyone is restricted to
2400 baud. They may type a little slower, but who's going to notice that?

I'm sorry that you have never discovered a BBS like this.

The modem, here in the closing decade of the 20th century, is the great
equaliser.

More and more people are becoming reluctant to answer the phone. My wife
often does not answer the phone during the day simply because of all the
nuisance calls. You're lucky in that they don't bother you. Caller-ID, far
from closing people away, will help them open up again.
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