Silent Servants...

Silent Servants...

... of the Used, Abused, and Utterly Screwed Up.

A Secular Franciscan looks at the world...
with a more jaundiced eye than ever...
and lots of ellipses for you to fill in the missing text...
(with thanks to Thomas S. Klise for the title)



Friday, March 27, 2009

Good grief!

Should overuse of the Internet become a mental disorder?

What would constitute 'overuse'? Who would decide? Who would determine how much is harmful? How would they try to treat it? Would that just apply to gaming, or porn sites, or would that include stock market sites, news sites, or, perish the thought, psychology or medical forums and email? It might be cultural rather than medical, might it not? It would be a silly idea. He states it pretty well in the article: "Have we lost all perspective here?"

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