War on Text? This is the most asinine idea that I have ever encountered. First off, we're talking about a natural evolution that will or won't occur whether or not you decide to declare a supposed "war on text." Secondly, let's look at this historically, prior to the invention of the telephone, people wrote letters and many of these letters were quite eloquent; just watch a Ken Burns doc. Suddenly the telephone allowed us to communicate instantaneously and allowed us to have the banal conversations we have every day even when our loved ones were away. This point marks the decline of letter writing. Before there was radio and then TV, books were a more prevalent form of entertainment, and there is something to be said about the literary value of a well-written book that simply isn't comparable through video. I can list dozens more reasons why text is a valuable part of our culture, and the very fact that you're engaging in this dialogue through a written mailing list proves it. So please tell me why you want to embark upon a "war on text?" Really the whole idea is needlessly provocative and altogether spooky...
Josh The Revolution Will Be Televised www.joshwolf.net On Nov 22, 2005, at 7:56 PM, Joan Khoo wrote: > I'm not so keen on the war on text. Don't get me wrong, I love > audio and video as a medium. But I also have a love interest with > the written word. As much as I love to watch what everyone else is > doing and feeling, sometimes I prefer to let my imagination take > hold when reading a text. > -Joan > > > > On 11/23/05, Lucas Gonze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On > 11/22/05, Jay dedman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > i keep thinking of my (unborn)kids who will go online and SEE and > HEAR > > the world through their computers. Its a real sharing of > > consciousness. > > Seeing and hearing is a lot closer to the way we think about things. > It's easier to absorb what somebody is saying if you can see their > face and hands and body language. I mean, there has never yet been a > text blog post where the person didn't talk at all, yet people > communicate without talking in the real world all the time. > > I'll be sad when that happens. I love writing and the way that the > internet has gotten me to write all the time. I remember when the > internet first blew up that I was exercising my writing muscles more > than I ever had, but that's not going to be the case when things are > mainly seeing and hearing. > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -------------------- > ~--> > Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your > home page > http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/lBLqlB/TM > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > ~-> > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > SPONSORED LINKS > Individual Fireant Typepad > Use > > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > Visit your group "videoblogging" on the web. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > ____________________________________________ "We can bomb the world to pieces, but we can't bomb it into to peace." "Power to the peaceful!" Spearhead - Bomb the World ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/lBLqlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
