Luddites and my real life

[Bekah]

Does it count if I read real books instead of ... er... no,  I 
download books and listen while I walk the treadmill at the gym.

But I *want* to be a Luddite!  I read magical mystery things like 
Garcia and Borges and Carter.  Does that count?  I do read them in 
real books with pages.

  I think this counts (so I get to be a Luddite, too  :P  )   because 
"the laws of nature (are) not so strictly formulated..."   ( see the 
essay).   "The machinery is gone."   The stories "insist on the 
miraculous."     Even Mason & Dixon,  my fave, is of the magical, 
the Ludditian  variety, in certain respects.  Would you agree that 
M&D displays a Luddite sentiment?  Or is Ben Franklin pervasive?

Bekah



At 4:44 AM -0800 3/25/05, Dave Monroe wrote:
>I don't have a functional watch, phone, television,
>computer and/or stereo (though all are readily
>available to me, and I do have a 1959 vintage
>"portable" record player), and I've never had a
>driver's license, so ...
>
>--- Bekah <bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>
>>  I'd love to be a Luddite; it sounds so pure and
>  > romantic....
>