like a whipped dog

With great shame and self-scorn I've admitted the inevitability of having to rejoin Facebook. My arguments against it and concerns about it still stand. However, I've been cowed. I admit the importance of Facebook in our current cultural context and grudgingly return (yet again) to partake of the connectivity it provides. I will remain on and I will remain silent in regards to the aforementioned arguments and concerns. Several of my friends will mourn this decision but I suspect most will chuckle if not mock and gloat.