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From: russ@wpg.UUCP (Russell Lawrence)
Newsgroups: news.admin,news.groups
Subject: minimum age for voting on new groups
Message-ID: <441@wpg.UUCP>
Date: 2 Jun 88 19:51:28 GMT
Article-I.D.: wpg.441
Organization: WP Group, POB 306, Metairie, LA 70004
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While I was engrossed in reading the various postings about 
comp.women, my associate's ten year old son came into my office and 
asked me what I was doing.  

"Aw, these people are preparing to vote on a new newsgroup and they're 
discussing the issues", I answered without thinking.  

"Voting, huh?", he grinned.  "How old do you have to be to vote?" 

I realized that he was eagerly anticipating that he might get a chance 
to vote on whatever it was that we were voting about, but when the irony 
of his question hit home (...in the light of the comp.women quibbling, 
flames and name calling), I burst out laughing and had to ask myself 
"Yeah, how old DO people have to be to vote?" 
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I suppose that minimum age, immigration (ie, access rights), and other 
restrictions on citizenship will never play a fatal role in net politics 
because net "property owners" have so much freedom and autonomy.  When 
an immature, overzealous, or misguided sense of purpose causes some 
people's good intentions to stray too far from a common and purposeful
goal, site administrators can always withdraw their support... even though
such actions are usually greeted by cries of "fascism" from a
chorus of net weenies.
-- 
Russell Lawrence, WP Group, New Orleans (504) 456-0001
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