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

To: epicure who wrote (57109)	9/6/2002 9:22:21 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

You can only use "knowing" and "stalking" and "friends" metaphorically, imo. And that is merely to imply a comparison. But for me they are different things. So if the word thing bothers you, and I know that word things sometimes bother you as they do me, use "cyber-knowing" or "cyber-friends" instead of "knowing" and "friends." Other people will continue to use the basic form recognizing that the meaning is a little different in the cyber context. Your concern may be that some people don't seem to recognize that (cyber)friend and friend are not the same thing, which can cause problems. But if that's your issue, focus on it rather than twisting the whole scheme of personhood out of shape. EDIT: I remember during the Clarence Thomas hearings one witness in particular making a distinction between a friend and an office friend. That is a real distinction, just as the one between friend and cyber friend. These distinctions occur among all venues.