[2964] in Depressing_Thoughts
Re: where's the limit?
ckclark@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (ckclark@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Tue Apr 28 15:21:01 1992
bjaspan in [2955]:
> Before the invention of the telephone, the concept of being socially
> "on call" from anyone at any time of day was considered absurd. Using
> an answering machine in this fashion is merely a return to the
> previous state of privacy.
Agreed. Also, I expect that when people had to pay someone to ride on
horseback in the rain for hours just to deliver a message, they thought
a little bit more carefully about the content and the possible
consequences.
