Article sounds similar to the anti-Facebook camp who outline a hypothetical 'if I did have a Facebook account' world where every one of their Facebook friends i

Article sounds similar to the anti-Facebook camp who outline a hypothetical 'if I did have a Facebook account' world where every one of their Facebook friends is spamming them with virtual Farmville goods and quips about Japan deserving the earthquake because of Pearl Harbor. In reality, it doesn't really happen. I have zero tolerance for people who interrupt a moment that demands undivided attention (like a date) by incessantly checking their cellphone. But all of my friends seem to have a reasonable handle on that. Uncourteous people are uncourteous people, but I certainly wouldn't evade a technology for fear of my friends being uncourteous.