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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: one_less who wrote (49074)	6/4/2002 8:07:21 PM
From: J. C. Dithers	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

Internet encounters are every bit as real and valid... No question about that. They have become an important part of many person's lives, in a relatively short period since the technology appeared. I would go even further and say that for some folks, their Internet encounters are more real, or at least more meaningful, than encounters in their 3-D lives. Nor is there anything new about remote long-distance friendships or relationships. Pen-pals have existed for a very long time, and sometimes have become lifelong dear friends, perhaps without ever meeting one another, especially in the days when global travel was unheard of for "commoners." My reference to Internet "friends" relies heavily on what one means by "friend." The word is used over a wide range, and often very casually. I use it myself that way lots of times. In my post, though, I had in mind friends of the type that one knows very well --- persons that one would feel they can rely upon and count on for support in difficult times --- persons that you feel would stand with you in thick and thin ... perhaps who would be called "true friends." If we have even one of those kinds of friends, we are very lucky --- and it wouldn't matter where or how we came to know them.