Guess it beats talking

Last summer I went to the Classical Sparks concert. I swear there were kids in the audience listening to their ipods while the concert was on. Duh! I have seen kids texting the person sitting alongside them. (I guess talking is so 20th century.) Those of you who have been to a church service in an Anglican or Catholic church will have encountered what they called the "sign of peace", where at a given sign members of the congregation actually say hello to each other, and self-consciously shake hands or even (horrors) hug one another. I'm just waiting for the time when the minister says, "And now let us share a text of peace."