I am wary of this "new" Middle East. Visited the old one. Forums and blogs have to compete with phones, Skype and iPads these days. I will have to either up-grade or win the current lottery at Best Buy. And so many forums have been beaten to death by assassins. I like the format so I hope it will survive and am not interested at all in Facebook, Twitter, etc.
What was the "nature" of this place, in your opinion? Why do you consider the current culture has social skills? On May 12, 7:18 pm, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm back after a long sojourn - some spent in the now dire Middle > East. Me mates, Molly, Lee, Chris, Ian, Orn, Francis ... seem long > gone. Chaz was thrown out, one reason for not bothering too much. > I know some of you are still here, but the nature of the place has > evaporated. Only commenting - yet it's worth mentioning this is a bit > like the general uprooting that society seems to demand. I'm not > moping here. My house is currently occupied by Bahrainis and very > welcome they are. I have achieved nothing via the Internet. I'll be > taking advice from Chris Jenkins next! Given I lack all social skills > on purpose, you'd think I'd do this net stuff! At least then, I'd be > Bahraini free!
