There have been many examples of technology gone too far during the course of the past several years, especially at the height of the internet frenzy/mania/froth. Ordering pizza over the internet, when a phone call is much quicker, is an obvious one. But I am interested in seeing the examples where technology appears to have crossed the line between basic right and wrong; where people seem to believe that technology can somehow take the place of human interaction. Let's Begin........
LONDON - It's becoming increasingly true that you can buy anything on the internet. A British woman is offering her hand in marriage - for a price. Kay Hammond, 24, says she's just too busy to find a date, so she placed an online ad reading ,"Kay Hammond, Internet entrepreneur, looking for a husband." She says she's found a mate, or possibly two. The two men have agreed to pay her a $350,000 "reserve" price. Hammond says she'll meet with them both, after background checks, and then marry the highest bidder. She currently knows the men only by their Internet sign-on names. A spokes- woman says Hammond is "absolutely determined to go through with" the marriage.
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