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From: bill@hpfcms.UUCP (bill)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: air-horns in restaurants
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Date: Mon, 13-May-85 17:35:00 EDT
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Posted: Mon May 13 17:35:00 1985
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Nf-From: hpfcms!bill    May  9 13:35:00 1985

Well, here goes.  I agree wholeheartedly with the base note of this
discussion.  I have been in expensive restaurants where parents ignore
their child as it screams, runs around the place, and even looks over my
shoulder as I eat.  I think this is wrong.

Yes, parents endure this all the time.  I feel sorry for them (that's why
my wife and I don't have any children yet), but at the same time, it's their
responsibility to make sure that their child doesn't ruin the enjoyment of
other people who are paying good money to "get away" from the noise or other
displeasures of life.

I like kids, and I respect and admire parents who take on the responsibility
of raising one.  I especially respect parents who remove their child from
the restaurant (or other quiet, public places) when it becomes apparent that
the crisis just won't pass.

This isn't a flame - I just wanted to share that I'm not scum, and I feel
the same way as the original person posting the original base note.

Bill Gates