Xref: utzoo news.groups:15359 alt.kids-talk:20 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!apple!genbank!snorkelwacker!think!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!mailrus!ames!ucsd!helios.ee.lbl.gov!lbl-csam.arpa!antony From: antony@lbl-csam.arpa (Antony A. Courtney) Newsgroups: news.groups,alt.kids-talk Subject: Re: Renewed call f/ discussion : ALT.KIDS Message-ID: <4389@helios.ee.lbl.gov> Date: 6 Dec 89 05:27:28 GMT References: <1989Nov17.032939.11435@ddsw1.MCS.COM> <1222@mondo.omni.com> <1989Nov26.043958.771@ddsw1.MCS.COM> <6352@hacgate.UUCP> Sender: usenet@helios.ee.lbl.gov Reply-To: antony@lbl-csam.arpa (Antony A. Courtney) Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley Lines: 59 X-Local-Date: 5 Dec 89 21:27:28 PST In article <6352@hacgate.UUCP> lori@hacgate.UUCP (Lori Barfield) writes: > >OK, I've been biting my tongue long enuff. Here's My Arrogant Opinion: > >I like the idea of a group oriented to kids, whether it has to start >out under the anarchy class (alt.) or not. Right now, the closest >thing is misc.kids. That is a parenting-oriented group, and yes, we're >quite mundane. There are many things I'd enjoy debating in an open >forum dominated by kids: school, books and movies, vacations, >siblings and parents, moving to a new home, hobbies, pets.... > > [...] > >Such a newsgroup with an international distribution would be >interesting to watch-- how would a child attending sixth grade in >the UK see things differently from a kid the same age in, say, Texas? I agree, but I somehow doubt there are many 6 year olds on the net. ;-) I wasn't even on the net until I was 11, and that seems very early. > >"?.kids-only" would not be a good name, since it would imply >exclusivity inappropriate for any public forum. I wholeheartedly agree. The basic idea should be to have a newsgroup where "kids" are the dominating force and can feel it is their domain. And where adults can post their opinions in a reasonable, non-condescending manner, if they wish to get some insight from a "younger perspective" :-) >P.S. If a kids' group ever gets to a Call for Votes, I think the votes > should be weighted inversely by the age of the caster. ;-) Right. This is an odd issue. I suspect there are RELATIVELY few of us out here(although I hope that will change in the near future), so the volume of such a group would probably be quite low. However, because of this, there aren't enough of us to have the voting power to get a new newsgroup created. (Not to say that I'm not above NNTP or SMTP impersonations, mind you...) >P.P.S. Note the cross-post. Yes. It would be neat to see frequent cross-posts between the groups, with those interested in raising kids getting input from kids, and those of us who are trying to raise parents getting input from other adult-types. > >...lori Also, with all due respect, I don't see how posting "do this if you want to post" or posting the list of smilies is particularly appropriate. Seemed a bit condescending, if anything. Suffice it to say, if you are having problems posting, talk to someone in charge of the site from which you read news. Cheers, antony -- ******************************************************************************* Antony A. Courtney antony@lbl.gov Advanced Development Group ucbvax!lbl-csam.arpa!antony Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory AACourtney@lbl.gov Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com