[rollei_list] Re: OT: Electronic Connectivity

On May 5, 2010, at 6:48 PM, Laurence Cuffe wrote:
However in another sense we suffer from a balkanization of our social spaces
But this Rollei list is a great example of the opposite. We are all here because we like Rolleiflex cameras, but our views on everything else is mixed - which accounts for most of the rows here. But really since we all come back to being gentlemen after someone gets one poked out... it's quite an eye opener - a world widener.
It is very difficult to communicate liberally through this medium though. Beside the dropped letter that alters meaning, tone is hard to convey. Much is missed without face to face contact. I think that's the real problem, and perhaps because fully descriptive sentences are seldom used, let alone full sentences.
I've made a lot of friends this way though, and I'm better off for it. I also wouldn't have gotten anywhere in my photography without the electronic connectivity. 

So three cheers for Al Gore!
(that's a freebee for anyone who wants a laugh or a row.)

Elias

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