Cell Phone Mania

The pups and I were crowding into the house after our morning stroll when I heard a car accelerating rapidly down the road. I looked up to see a blue Volvo sedan go streaking by. The driver's head was bent over his cell phone as he texted madly away.

I commented about this to a group of 20-somethings this afternoon.

One youth responded 'well, they made it illegal to talk on the phone so now I have to text.'

Surprised, I queried 'isn't it more dangerous to text? And isn't it illegal to text, too?'

'But if somebody calls, I've gotta answer!' he countered.

'No, you don't.'

'What do you mean?'

'You don't have to answer the phone. You can simply let it go to voice mail. How many calls do you actually have to take in the instant that you receive them?'

He snorted and turned away, clearly unwilling to see logic in my comments.

'Darwinism at its best. Just don't take me or some other innocent person along with you. It's one thing if you kill yourself. It would be horrible if you killed someone else.'

Am I missing something? Have I been passed by the communications revolution? I am the technological equivalent of the telex when it comes to cellular communication (I do, however, have DSL!)