http://ericsammons.com/blog/2010/02/04/social-networking-protocols/ Musings about the Catholic Faith Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:38:42 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 http://ericsammons.com/blog/2010/02/04/social-networking-protocols/comment-page-1/#comment-7612 Clare Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:27:56 +0000 http://ericsammons.com/blog/?p=6848#comment-7612 Thank you for this quote from the Australian bishops - they make an excellent point regarding the poor. This could also be applied to other groups of people who can not and perhaps those who choose not to use these types of technology, such as the elderly. It seems that as society rushes on to new things we figure that these marginal groups can just keep getting along the way they always have (no one's saying you can't use the telephone anymore, right?). But as resources are poured by charitable organizations or churches into new technologies, we forget that these other folks still need to be reached. Thank you for this quote from the Australian bishops – they make an excellent point regarding the poor. This could also be applied to other groups of people who can not and perhaps those who choose not to use these types of technology, such as the elderly. It seems that as society rushes on to new things we figure that these marginal groups can just keep getting along the way they always have (no one’s saying you can’t use the telephone anymore, right?). But as resources are poured by charitable organizations or churches into new technologies, we forget that these other folks still need to be reached.

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