Passage Summary: Pat thinks you can get really close to people online because you can be yourself behind a screen. Amar disagrees, saying that true closeness requires meeting in person and building a real bond.

Reasoning: Pat claims email allows for quick intimacy because anonymity removes social barriers. Amar counters that intimacy requires social bonds and direct personal contact, which email lacks.

Analysis: To find the point at issue, we use the 'Agree/Disagree' test. Pat explicitly states that email 'promotes a degree of intimacy.' Amar explicitly states that 'social bonds cannot be formed without direct personal contact' and that 'frankness is not intimacy.' Therefore, the core of their disagreement is whether it is possible to achieve genuine intimacy through a medium like email that lacks face-to-face interaction. Look for an answer choice that captures this specific conflict regarding the possibility of online intimacy.