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Good day! I'm Samuel Gordon Paley an editor at E-Rhetoric Communications. I've been interested in the emerging field of E-Rhetoric since 1992. I currently live in Windham CT, and am concluding a Master's degree at Central Connecticut State University in New Britain, CT. In my studies of E-Rhetoric, I have been particularly concerned with the exceptionally fast pace with which electronic advances have changed the ways and pace at which our modern culture communicates. In my brief 1993 publication E-Rhetoric versus Smetoric I reflect on the dangers awaiting our society if the privileges / powers enabled by electronic communications are used in an irresponsible or dehumanizing way. Smetoric (the rhetoric of sex) refers to a natural human rhetoric, one that is instinctively part of human communication. This communication process of smetoric at its best is more fulfilling than E-Rhetoric because it is often personal in nature. At its best it offers a more life affirming and socially redeeming experience than a computer can offer. Smetoric involves life affirming human nuances such as facial expressions, and eye motions, tone of voice, and body language. Rhetoric involving direct, face-to-face, communication--reinforces our sense of self or ontological security. While the developers of electronic communication struggle to humanize their machines, there is still a long way to go. As a researcher of rhetoric I advocate the need for software / and hardware designers to think about how to make their products more receptive to the human condition, and the need of the individual to be valued as an individual rather as customer #4605454.