Love by the glow of a computer
Letter to the Editor
I would like to take issue with the letter about "Loving in the Computer Lab." I have a question for Noman or any followers/proponents of his request/thesis: how exactly are we supposed to control our natural urges with the fruitful and erotic activities of telnetting, ftping and compiling going on? We're only human, you know ... Furthermore, if you've heard some of the start-up sounds and seen some of the wallpaper/backgrounds, then you would know that this concept of love is just what computing is all about. What's better than turning on your computer and hearing that beautiful sound of "You've got mail!"? It's enough to make me try to woo an archenemy.
On a more serious note, though ... what exactly is the uniqueness of this backlash against "PDA" in the computer lab? Doesn't it occur everywhere? Wouldn't one, theoretically, be just as nauseated while studying on a quad, at LaFortune, at Reckers or in the library? I strongly urge that if PDA is an issue for anyone, that they address or take issue with the root of the problem and not some vague sort of alternate causality in the hopes that your problems will be solved. If you take the latter method, the problem is sure to just crop up elsewhere and produce another misgiving. As the saying goes, "Give a man a fish," or maybe we're better off just "nipping it in the bud." Oh, and by the way, this letter was composed from a Unix lab, where the lovin' is always warm and abundant.
Mark Styczynski
Sophomore, Sorin College
April 3, 2000
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