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From: cbp@icc.com (Chris Preston)
Newsgroups: news.groups,alt.kids-talk
Subject: Let 'em alone (was Re: You're Not A Kid!)
Summary: Woa there, let's talk.
Keywords: C'mon, Get Real
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Date: 18 Dec 89 01:02:09 GMT
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In article <33190@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> marie@ernie.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP (Marie desJardins) writes:
>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

     You must be "kidding" :-).  

     Points:

         1.  Isn't it intellectual descrimination when suggesting
         that an intelligent kid should go somewhere else.  Would you agree
         that the net is a place where _ideas_ are exchanged.  Perhaps,
         "kids" (read younger than college age, I suppose) would gather
         a certain desire to relate on a higher level were some of their
         peers to do so.  This could have a very positive impact.

         2.  This is a public network.  Whatever else one might say, that
         individual A should not post here because he/she doesn't belong
         is reminiscent of when my baby sitter took me on a bus ride, and
         would not let me sit in the back (this was _long_ ago) because
         only black people belonged there.  It was wrong then, and to 
         base such *selectivity* on age, is wrong now.  On the net, we are
         basically equal in being heard.  That's the kind of opportunity 
         that I would have truly enjoyed in high school (even before, as 
         I was *articulate* like Anthony).  So why try and regulate an 
         open net? It is not feasible, and will accomplish nothing.

         3.  Anyone who can access and participate in the net, is _probably_
         a bit above average.  Being *articulate* may well be the default 
         in many cases.  

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