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Originally Posted by desertgrandma
Its all about where your priorities are. Cellular phones, IPODS, game consoles, video games, the latest shoes, clothes, etc.....if thats what you want, fine.
Please, don't kid yourself.....many of those who cry "foul, its too expensive!" have these things. Yeah, I see that every day at school.
But don't whine because ebook readers are "elitist".
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Especially
on an airplane. You want to talk elite tech that's unavailable to the poor and underprivileged? Spending several hundred dollars and putting up with invasive searches* in order to avoid a few hours of driving time** is elitist.
*Physical and other. Background checks, take off your shoes, and if the security guard doesn't like your looks, have a cavity search as well.
** LA to New York is not a few hours of drive time. LA to Oakland, or SF to Vegas, is. Why isn't he railing against those elitists and their obsessed-with-speed lifestyles?
I'm not up to contacting him, or I'd point out that my house has bookshelves crammed with books, a few boxes of books, and twelve more boxes in a storage locker... having an ebook reader means less clutter and waste. (Also, I sometimes want to read something that I don't want the public to know about. "Make friends by reading Harry Potter in public!" is completely countered by "freak out people by reading Superman/Batman slash zines.")