[CatherineofAragon]

"Unfortunately the social media route may be healthier than some of the more “traditional” remedies such as alcohol. When I lost my best friend from suicide back in 2007, I drank myself into a 3 day stupor before finally going to an AA meeting to get myself straight."

No doubt you're right. I'm sorry for your loss, rarestia. Glad things are better for you.

I withdraw my earlier comment...correction accepted.

[rarestia]

No apology needed, Catherine. Mine was more of an observation. It wasn’t intended to be a rebuke.

[Fishtalk]

So I’ll shall use this moment in time to comment on social media.

Because, yon ladies and gems, FreeRepublic is a form of social media, one might argue, and look at you gripers griping on this medium.

BTW, have you contributed to the Freepathon while I’m at it?

It’s how humans communicate nowadays and frankly....well hey, I am a Blogger extraordinaire, Facebook afficianado and formerly PATBELL of Qlink fame.

I love seeing what my family and friends are doing....yeah even what they are eating. I feel like every day I am in touch with them, knowing what they are up to and yeah, I like looking at the pics.

There’s always that SCROLL key, people, or “unfriend”. Social media, I argue, is the PERFECT democracy.

Cause you can join if you want, not join if you want, unfriend those you don’t like, quit completely if that becomes needed.

But some folks, they can’t handle a pure democracy. So they gripe and complain cause why? Cause couldn’t they just unfriend or scroll on by? NO! They want the GOVERNMENT TO MAKE THEM STOP!

Heh.