A Vote For The Unannounced Visitor  April 02, 1986|By Abigail
Van Buren.  Dear Abby: To the reader who said, ``A minister has
the right to ignore a `No Visitors` sign on a hospital door,``
you replied, ``The right that supersedes all others is the right
to be left alone.`` Abby, that is certainly true in American
society today, but it is also the reason there are so many
lonely people here.  Since we all have cars, we can easily get
from one place to another without interacting with anyone on the
street. We all have telephones, so no one need rudely drop by in
person to visit us. We all have television sets, so we needn`t
be bothered by our fellow humans if we want to see a movie or
learn the latest news. And still people clamor to be left alone.
You would think Americans really hated each other.  I, for one,
would love to have visitors drop by to see me unannounced and
uninvited. But, of course, they don`t. Americans haven`t done
that in 25 years. It`s considered rude.  If I ever put a ``No
Visitors`` sign o