Response to A-OK!

I agree with a couple of statements that you made, but I also disagree with a couple of them. We, as americans definitely want things fast and easy and the internet is a way that we can do this. I, myself, love the internet for a variety of different reasons.

However; when it comes to the internet and newspapers, I think that newspapers are far more important. I think that getting rid of newspapers is a far bigger problem than getting rid of something like VCR's. VCR's are more of a fad, while newspapers can be traced back in time.

Newspapers are something that have been passed down generation to generation. They can certainly be a souevenir of the past, and I find them very interesting to go back and read about historical events. 50 years from now someone just like me will grab the newspaper that they saved from September 12th, 2001 and show their grandchildren a part of history.

Without the newspaper, this will not be possible in the future. If something historical happens and we do not have newspapers, than the event cannot be captured in such a way. I just don't think that the internet gives the same effect on a historical event that the newspaper does.



Jim Victor