keyboard courage

Me and Josh were talking yesterday about how people say things through texts/emails/facebook that they would never have the guts to say in real life. How true is that?! I have had so many people say things to me through a text that they wouldn't ever say to my face. I have had people that I know of but  have never met in real life add me on facebook and start conversations about personal things. I have even had a guy hit on me who is so shy he doesn't even say hey when I see him in public. What is it about technology that gives people such courage? I know I am guilty of it myself. I am a pretty vocal person. I say what is on my mind and usually before I even think about it. It gets me in trouble sometimes but people always know where they stand with me. But there have been times that I've said something extra rude on purpose knowing the person on the other end couldn't reach out and punch me. It seems a little bit easier to type up an email saying everything you want to say without the fear of being interrupted or cut down or feeling stupid. The bad thing is that once you type something, it is up to the other person to interpret how you meant it. More times than I can count a text has been taken completely wrong and someone thought I was mad when I wasn't at all. Don't get me wrong, I love technology. It is so much easier to keep up with friends from high school or where you used to live. It is even easy to feel like you know all about complete strangers (which can be annoying when someone forgets that they haven't ever met you). It is just interesting how people can be so different when they have a keyboard in front of them.