Instant Message is Bad for Society

• “Most gay person I’ve ever seen.” — Dharun Ravi.

• “His (family) is sooo indian/ first gen americanish . . . just like . . . first son off to college . . . his rents defs owna dunkin (donuts).” — Tyler Clementi.

New docs in the Tyler Clementi Rutgers suicide case reveal that everyone sits around and gossips on IM about each other. (Some more literately than others.) Why can’t an Indian dude and a white gay dude in a dorm room get along? Ugh.