Texting: A way to avoid confrontation?

I think that most kids nowadays chose to text rather than talk on the phone or god forbid talk in person. It seems as though texting has almost replaced face-to-face conversations. Is texting a way to avoid conflict and avoid what you are REALLY feeling? Rather than calling your friend and talking about the fight you had last night many chose to text. However, this eliminates any tone of voice that you use and alters the way you naturally speak. When you text person, you have control over what you say, how long you take to respond and whether or not you actually want to respond to the text that you receive. It gives us a greater sense of control over what we are saying. On the phone, there is no time to think about what you are going to say next because these conversations cannot be planned. This is the same with "face- face" conversations. You are asked questions on the spot and do not have time to plan what you are going to say and are not given to option to simply not respond. Texting has opened a world to avoiding confrontation, awkward moments, etc. It has limited our ability to have real conversations with people. Or maybe it's just a quicker method to get what you want to say across and eliminates the hassle of having to call the person. Who knows? It may be different for each person but I think that overall it has inhibited the level to which we communicate to one another.