Irresistible words

         " The Love Bug seems like the work of some Superman comic

    book villain... " says a Boston Globe editorial ( May, 6 ) .

           I was reminded not of a comic book plot but a poignant

    scene from George Orwell's nightmare utopia novel " 1984 " :

             The hero Winston Smith is furtively handed a message .

    It is from an attractive young woman named Julia.

            " At the sight of the words I LOVE YOU the desire to

    stay alive had welled up in him.... "

              In a way the  cyber catastrophe suggests that a

     great number of people in Information Age really just

    need to know this : Somebody loves them !

              Too bad our computers are not yet designed to

    hug us. They must be programmed to understand the difference

    between  " good " touching and " bad " touching .

             Until then we will all be suckers for love !