Old rant: video games.

[senjuro]

The novel was considered in the same way as computer games today when they first came out.

Right, but the thing is how every ignores how similar the two really are. Your metabolism is totally asleep while doing either, reading is LESS social than gaming because it's not like you can read a book with someone since you'll never read at the same pace as anyone else. They're never co-operative or competitive. Just books. Nothing more or less.

Also, I have two MAJOR counter points to this argument

I'm not realy arguiing anything. I'm just pointing out how society has serious issues with one thing, when there's another thing that people are encouraged to do which is very much the same. It's rather paradoxical, you must admit.