I refer you to Virginia Heffernan's recent column: http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/09/miss-g-a-case-of-internet-addiction/ http://opinionator.blog

I refer you to Virginia Heffernan's recent column: http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/09/miss-g-a-case-of-internet-addiction/ http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/09/miss-g-a-cas... In it, she ponders why new pastimes like the internet and video games are treated as addictions when someone uses them heavily, but older forms like opera, reading, etc are considered somehow more worthy passions and therefore not addictions if someone is a heavy "user". Would you have written the same comment if the article was about an opera-goer being really upset at not being allowed into the theater because a new anti-ticket-counterfeiting system had mistakenly flagged theirs as fake, when they had bought it outright? I didn't downvote you btw, but just wanted to point out that it's something to think about.