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From: slf@panda.UUCP (Scott Fisher)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: air-horns in restaurants
Message-ID: <442@panda.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 11-Apr-85 12:37:58 EST
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Posted: Thu Apr 11 12:37:58 1985
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In article <1596@decwrl.UUCP> chabot@miles.DEC (L S Chabot) writes:
>ron vaughn  ==  >
>> one of these days when i have little rug-rats, i won't take them to
>> a nice restaurant (the kind where you are putting out some $$$$$) only
>> to watch everyone else *cringe* every time jr. lets out a yell.
>
>Ah, yes, the de rigueur net.flame attitude: you don't conform to my
>standards of decency, therefore I will violate them myself.  And in this
>case, there is no guarantee that you'll be inflicting loud children on
>anyone who would have inflicted them on you!  Very clever!  We see you
>actually do approve of screaming children, since you indicate your
>willingness to continue this practice!

Read more carefully. He says he *won't* take them.

>} Why can't these mothers continue doing their shopping till say 2pm?
>} This way those of us who work for a living and get one hour for lunch
>} won't have to wait (and inevitably be late getting back to work)!!
>
>And yes, here we have mothers as lower class citizens.  Non-productive.
>All they do is sit around at home with children until they feel it's time
>to go clog restaurants that rightfully belong to superior employed people.

You've got him there. I don't see why they can't eat when they want, but
they should only bring the kids if they can control them. Otherwise take
them to McDonalds or Burger King, or some other joint where people just go
eat and not dine.

>
>Of course, *none* of us were *ever* screaming children.  No, no. 
>Shall we assume that we were either perfect little angels and are having to
>experience the rowdier aspects of childhood by having tantrums in net.flame?
>Or the alternative, that *our* parents always neglected us and left us home
>to scream at the baby-sitter, and so we're jealous? (Aaaawwww.)

The children aren't at fault it's the parents. Are you saying that just
because "we" might have been screaming children (ie "our" parents couldn't
keep "us" under control) that it's now alright to let your rug-rats ruin
my dinner? Just because something wrong was done in the past doesn't make 
it right now.

If your kids can't act civilized in a restaurent they aren't old enough 
to be there. Take them to a fast food joint!