[HairOfTheDog]

You know... I went off and thought about it, and I have come to a realization.

I am, in fact, a Luddite, and feeling fairly unapologetic about it at the moment.

When current events get absolutely horrid, I joke about packing it all in and joining the militia guys that live in our woods (I hear they are short on women)... and there is a hint of truth in the dream. I am never happier or more at peace than when I am camping, or on a trail with my horse in the woods. I sometimes think I really could do it. If some Aragorn came along (probably in the shape of a Montana Militia member) and offered to take me away, I may go. I could leave "all of this" in a heartbeat! but if you look real close I may be stringing cable behind me on the way up there just in case - that would be the only thing I might miss!

[JenB]

I'm a child of the 21st century, I think. I can't imagine a world without computers - it's easier to imagine computers without a world! Life without a microwave, telephone, and indoor plumbing is inconcievable. I'm a technonerd - I need the latest technology. I'll be one of the first to get the implants to hook my brain up to a computer network, I'm sure.

The only kind of fantasy world I'd be comfortable in is a very high-magic world. The inverse of Clarke's Law is that sufficient levels of magic are indistinguishable from technology. You won't catch me in the woods freezing my ears off, trying to catch a deer for my supper!

[Penny1]

I would go too...as long as I could take wireless internet with me! ;)

Maybe I am not understanding what a "Luddite" is. Is it just someone who enjoys the outdoors and wants to have some outdoors to enjoy and so is interested in preserving it? Or is it someone who thinks everyone should be made to give up the technology that they've come to depend on, whether or not it's practical?