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February 18, 2004
faceless and soundless relationship
This is a response to Emily Nussbaum's article on NYT:
Emily Nussbaum's article (Jan. 11) reminded me of the time I spent online last year before my now-9-month-old daughter was born. Pregnancy can be likened to the adolescent angst Nussbaum describes in the bloggers she interviewed: new, strange things are happening to your body; you are entering a world with new pressures, responsibilities and expectations, all the while questioning your own ability to handle it all successfully.
If blogging -- and any online communication -- serve to calm our fears and make us feel that we are less alone, well, then, long live blogging.
Marni Winslow
Fort Lee, N.J.
My So-Called Blog As a 17-year-old high-school student, I found myself drawn to Nussbaum's article. What I fear is that my generation, at the hands of blogs, e-mail, etc., is being robbed of the ability, and even the will, to have real-life, face-to-face conversations. We seem to be becoming content with faceless, soundless relationships. Perhaps it is not our fault; maybe we are just victims of today's technology. But I know I would choose to look my friends in the face, hear the rhythms in their speech and intonations in their voices over the click of a keystroke and the chime of an instant message. Samantha Carlin Hillsdale, N.J. NYT Feb 1, 2004
Posted by gatorlog at February 18, 2004 12:15 PM
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