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	The real and the virtual - drawing an arbitrary line across reality

Tateru

1-24-2007 8:18 AM

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Tateru says:

Does the medium devalue the validity of interaction between humans?

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1-24-2007 12:01 PM

egoldstein

Interesting question/point Tateru.

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