I'd much rather use email, a messageboard, or IM. It's better because I can go at my own pace, I can read the other person's message as many times as I need to, and I can compose my own response, even editting it if I need to. Plus, I love to type.
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"Of all God's creatures, there is only one that cannot be made slave of the leash. That one is the cat. If man could be crossed with the cat it would improve the man, but it would deteriorate the cat." - Mark Twain