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...gets worse. Our children's attention spans are too short already, but the Web is a propaganda machine for short attention spans. The instant you get bored, click the mouse, and you're someplace else. Our children already prefer pictures to words, glitz to substance, fancy packaging to serious content. But the Web propagandizes relentlessly for glitz and pictures, for video and stylish packaging. And while it's full of first-rate information, it's also full of lies, garbage and pornography so revolting you can't even describe it. There is no quality control on the Internet...
...find a bit of spam from an online porn site called DoMeLive.com Live sex, it promises--you on one end, a heavy-breathing nude human being on the other. "Free samples," it says, supplying a password and log-in. No harm in looking, I figure, and I click...
...Internet sex sites, more addictive than video games and a lot easier to play--and you can win big money! It's online investing, one of the hottest destinations in cyberspace. Ask Ardavan Arianpour of San Diego, Calif., who recently turned $1,000 into $5,000 through point-and-click trading. Arianpour is his own broker, trading as often as he likes and poring over online news, quotes and stock charts. "I just love researching and making money," says Arianpour, who has been piling up profits for retirement. That's still a long way off, though, because he is only...
...whine-point to find him. Which explains why I was online the other night, a daughter on each knee, trying to avoid the king of Leo sites, www.dicaprio.com "Rumor has it," Zoe read aloud, "that Playgirl is attempting to print unauthorized nude photos of Leo in their July issue. Click here if you'd like to sign a digital letter of protest...
...street, I straighten my back, hoping to disguise imperfections that this outfit does nothing to hide. Slut clothes are bad for the nerves, but good for posture. I click-clack my way into the UC office to pick up posters. Good lord, the Vice President and Campus Life Committee Chair are schmoozing on the couch--will they ever think of me the same way again? I hide behind some boxes and mutter a hello. These shoes are killing...