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From: marie@ernie.Berkeley.EDU (Marie desJardins)
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Subject: Re: You're Not A Kid!
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Date: 13 Dec 89 20:28:06 GMT
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In article <452@althea.UUCP> eddjp@althea.UUCP (Dewey Paciaffi) writes:
>Jim Sewell writes:
>-Sandro Wallach wrote:
>->I think only real kids should be allowed to talk here!
>-
>-Unfortunately for you, as was pointed out earlier, this group goes out and is 
>-part of a public network that is accessible to all people.  
>
>I would like to see a newsgroup where kids would be able to post with other
>kids, and not have to be annoyed by the adults who like to "make believe"
>they are children. Perhaps that's asking alot.
>
>Why shouldn't children be allowed to play on the net, post things of interest
>only to themselves, without having to be part of any noble cause such as 
>promoting unity among the generations? Let them waste a little bandwidth,
>and learn how much fun it is.

Hear, hear!  If this is going to be a forum for "real" kids then I
think the older "kid wannabes" and near-adults (like Antony) should
pipe down and see if we can't encourage younger kids (let's say in
the pre-high-school age frame) to speak up.  The rest of the net is
available for those who want to have intellectual discussions.
Anybody as articulate as Antony and the other alleged kids who have
been posting here can certainly find a forum for their views 
on just about any topic.  I remember going in to work with my
mom when I was 8 or 9 and having a great time playing with punch
cards--but a kids' network discussion group would have been
even better!

Hopefully we can encourage Dewey and other parents of younger
kids to give their kids access to the net so they can start
something.  (But Dewey, you should realize that if this is
to be a kids' forum, SOME kid(s) is/are going to have to start
the discussions--it would be pretty ridiculous if some adult
said "OK, kids, why don't you all talk about cartoons now?"

Marie desJardins
marie@ernie.berkeley.edu