it's a vicious circle (Score 1)

see, the reason people are developing more "friends", or acquaintances online is because due to events and circumstances in their lives they no longer find sufficient merit to attempt them in "real life" because the internet gives us a safety zone so to speak,...one that protects us to some degree from those who would wish to persecute, prosecute or otherwise harm us in some way shape or form for how we stand on issues...and yet it is absolutely neccessary that the internet is a two bladed sword in that it has given us this very avenue to still feel included in the human race and its' affairs when in all reality our freedoms are stripped from us everyday and why you ask because people are scared to death to talk to each other in real time for fear of getting their heads bit off. It's not hard to figure out. How many innocent people get beaten down in their own homes by crooks (sometimes they wear uniforms and badges and carry guns) because their neighbors are unaware of what may be happening, and are unwilling to "call the bluff" and "draw down" for the sake of someone in need of help? People are murdered in their homes or drug off to jail everyday to pay for crimes they didn't commit because the state takes advantage of the "fear and loathing" that runs/ruins our lives? I've been closely watching what's been happening for the last 25 years in america. After about the first 10 to 12 I gave up and quit trying to convince people, to "open their eyes". Nowadays it's rare that I even care enough to bother anymore. Like now for instance, regardless of how you may perceive this message, it's really my way of saying "I told you so".