True enough; my despair is less about the Internet than about the human race, who are the primary users of the Internet. Humans are horrible off the Internet as well of course, but it is easier to avoid most of the worst of them in the flesh.
On Thursday, August 25, 2016, JW <[email protected]> wrote: > > The internet is such a vast wasteland of racism and misogyny that I > stopped > > taking it seriously a long time ago > > Maybe you're hanging around the wrong places. > > "The internet," at heart, is a method of connecting computers. (Of course, > "computers" now includes a wide variety of devices.) It allows people to > carry on intelligent conversations, or stupid ones. It provides us with > access to an astounding array of information. It even makes it possible for > a group of people who'd have never met each other to carry on a rational > discussion of television. > > Yeah, anyone can get on the Net - rightists, leftists, racists, feminists, > Amy Grant fans. Ultimately, if your online experience is full of > disagreeable people and/or opinions, it's incumbent on you to adjust your > online experience. > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','tvornottv%[email protected]');> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
