On Wed, Aug 22, 2007 at 11:50:44AM -0600, Jon Gale wrote: > Several resources relating to my Church calling are only > > available online. > > > ONLY available online? Are you sure there's not a free pamphlet at the > distribution center that will give you what you need?
There is no pamphlet for the Church organizational directory. They send out a CD once a year, but it's literally two years out of date by the time they send it. There's no pamphlet for the missionary application system or for the temple recommend system. I could keep going. > I'm not buying the "necessity" argument one bit. Is it convenient? > Absolutely. Could we all get by without internet access in our homes? > Probably. As I acknowledged earlier, there are other places where I can get Internet access, but I am absolutely dependent on access in one form or another. Sure, if I don't have access in my home, it's only an inconvenience. But it's almost as much of an inconvenience as if the power or water goes out. Sure, I could take sponge baths in public restrooms if I don't have water in my apartment, but I need water so frequently that it's a big inconvenience if I don't have service in my apartment. Do you consider water, electricity, and natural gas to be necessities? If not, I understand where you're coming from. If not, I can't see why you view Internet access in a completely different category. I believe that Internet access at home is more of a necessity than telephone access at home (whether a land line or cell phone). -- Andrew McNabb http://www.mcnabbs.org/andrew/ PGP Fingerprint: 8A17 B57C 6879 1863 DE55 8012 AB4D 6098 8826 6868
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