This is a letter sent to The Economist magazine on April 2 edition.
"It was lovely to see your reference to a New Yorker cartoon from 1993 of one canine saying to his pooch pal that "On the internet, nobody knows you're a dog"("Anonymous no more", March 12th). Recently, my dog Ursa set up a Facebook account. She has acquired more than 30 friends now, including several of my kid's acquaintances who would never friend me directly. They all know that Ursa is a dog. Mostly my wife and I post things that we think Ursa would say, and she has entered several provocative discussions.
My point is that the web has become a much more sophisticated place since 1993. Now people on the internet know you are a dog but they still treat you as an equal. Of course cats are still excluded as they continue to be evil power hungry villains."
Hope you like this!
Saturday, April 9, 2011
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