Nelson

You make some valid points.  The key to the value of this survey -- and we 
don't what what I am about to say -- is how the questions were 
written/phrased and how the recipients took them .
Having to hide internet use certainly would suggest a problem much as your 
teenage kids telling you not where they were last night.
Using the net for gambling and porn certainly is a problem.
Spending hours in a chat room, in lieu of spending quality time with a 
spouse or family, certainly isn't a good thing.
But, however, spending more time on line in and of itself isn't a bad 
thing if you are doing legitimate research, listening or watching 
audio/video instead of the tv,
reading books and magazines/newspapers, shopping for items you would be 
purchasing otherwise from a bricks and mortar retailer, or taking classes.
More and more of us are spending more and more hours online; it is how 
we're spending those hours rather than the hours we spend.
And why are we spending more and more hours online; because there are more 
and more things we can do online.


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