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this is teh same shtuss as people who believe that after moshiach comes we will go back to teh stone ages, technologically speaking. WHY?! why must a computer be labeled good or bad, why must it be labeled acceptable or unacceptable, why must it be black or white…? perhaps computers are neutral and its up to us to do what we will with them?! for heavens sake…use your brains people!
a popular argument is as follows:
“but look at theshmuz.com look at torahanytime.com look at theyeshivaworld.com so much good can come from it, it must be good.”
“but look at XXXXXXXXXX.com and YYYYYYYYYYYY.com and ZZZZZZZZZZ.com see what kind of tumah comes from there, computers must be bad”
that argument answers its own question, its neither! its a Schroedinger’s cat if you will. you cannot know which it is until you use it, and when you do use it its status is decided by you. computers, and technology as a whole is not good OR evil, it is simply what we make of it.