I mentioned in a recent column how the topics for my columns crop up from a variety of sources.  This month's topic formed in my head (as you might expect, during a dex-day) due to the convergence of three separate, but related items and events:

A recent posting to one of the Beacon columns or forums indicating the site is not much more than a place for everyone to come and drown their sorrows.

A conversation I had with one of my sons that's been an ongoing debate as to whether interacting …