@Boobie
“I’ve never heard of excessive shopping or eating being the cause of marriages breaking up or homes being destroyed”
of course excessive shopping and eating have been causes of divorces
“the dumbing down of society because there’s no reason for any child (or adult) to do any type of research any more”
there advantages and disadvantages of having the internet – i know a lot more than i ever would without the internet, there is no substitute for good researching skills but there is also no replacement to having databases such as google scholar, westlaw, and msdn at my fingertips.