I was reading an article that appeared in the British online version of the Telegraph entitled "Valentine's Day: Technology 'is killing romance'." The article descri
bes one of the sad effects of technology - people don't write love poems or letters to each other again. A survey conducted by the National Trust foundation. The survey found that of the 2,558 people they polled, 62% had never sent a love letter. No one asked me - but I would be in the 58% - no details will be released about that though.The article goes on to say that most everyone polled had sent a text love message. It's the thought that counts - I know. An electronic Valentine's message is better than none. But nothing beats expressing yourself with your own thoughts...and candy always helps!
Adams, J. (2009, February 9). Valentine's Day: Technology 'is killing romance'. Telegraph. Retrieved http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/technology/technologynews/4568243/Valentines-Day-Technology-is-killing-romance.html
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I'm curious, what is it in an electronic Valentine's message that make is not "expressing yourself with your own thoughts"? I've been known to use every communication means at my disposal to let my beloved know that I was thinking of her. From 140 character text messages, to "Hello" IMs, to overly long voice-messages, to rambling emails, I found the "electronic" experience to have a certain level of "presence" that I didn't experience before. Granted I might have over-used said technologies.. a bit... resulting in ... let's just say that my options are very flexible these days. But that's not because of technology, that's because some folks just don't know how to put one word after another in a coherent (and passionate) manner. What's that old saying about a good painter never blaming his tools...
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