Cathy Classics - Sunday September 16, 2001 Comic Strip Licensing and Permissions

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Chat chat chat. Yak yak yak. Mom: The problem with the world is the delete button! Cathy: Now what mom? Mom: In ancient times-- 1980, for instance--changing even one words was a big ordeal. White-out...correctable typewriter ribbon...horrible ink erasers. Moving a paragraph meant rewriting the whole thing! People had to think before writing! They even called it "committing words to paper"! Now starting over is nothing. People write anything that pops into their heads because they can rewrite it instantly. When they can rewrite instantly, people think they can respeak instantly...so now people say anything they want ans assume they can revise it a will. When change is that easy, there's no commitment behind the words...with no commitment, there's no trust...with no trust, no stability, no marriage, no grandchildren... Cathy: everyone's staring at you mom. Mom: I need a delete button.

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