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From: jcsewell@disk.UUCP (Jim Sewell)
Newsgroups: news.groups
Subject: Re: You're Not A Kid!
Message-ID: <981@disk.UUCP>
Date: 30 Dec 89 17:06:44 GMT
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Reply-To: jcsewell@disk.UUCP (Jim Sewell)
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In article <10920@frog.UUCP> jp@frog.UUCP (John Pimentel) writes:
>again from Jim Sewell:
>>You missed my point entirely.  <You being both and not directed at Marie>.
>Not from where I'm sitting.
>Here comes the BULL...
>>I was responding to the comment saying "Anyone over x years old has to 
>>shaddup". I am all for the younger folks using and becoming aquainted with 
>>computers and the net!  I would love it if all people felt comfortable
>>posting in all groups.
>
>FLAME SUIT ON... (AND WILL REMAIN ON!)
>>I was not trying to discourage posting by "kids" but rather the snobbish 
>>exclusion of adults whose opinions are also to be valued.
>Jim, your not their parents so you can't tell *ANYTHING*! If they don't
>want parents or "adults" who want to give them "opinions (that) are also
>to be valued"; fine, that is their right so BUZZ OFF AND LET THEM GET ON
>WITH IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes, they do have a right to post on the net, and I'm glad they are since
the youth are the adults of the next few years and they are always the
ones that make advances in technology... not many of the old timers do.

You are also right that I am not a parent of any of these posters.

If, however, they do not want to see the opinions of adults then they can
either leave the net (which would be a shame in more ways than one) or they
can hit "n" when they see names of known adults such as myself.  They CAN
NOT, however, force a public newsgroup to be limited by age restrictions.
They can request (which if they had I would not even be subscribed here)
but they must learn that they can not force their will upon the world.  Too
often young people (not neccessarily anyone reading this) think they can 
force their will/opinion/etc onto others and all that causes is rebellious
attitudes that eventually get them into more trouble than they ever imagined.
This will most likely be my last post in this group so as not interrupt the
other conversations with fighting... matter of fact I think I will unsubscribe
now.  Mail is welcome if anyone has a different opinion but fights don't 
belong in newsgroups.  I think I have made my opinions clear and perhaps those
who are trying to boss the world will see that there are better ways to do
things than TELLING someone they must do something.  

To all the others in the group (with their heads screwed on straight) good
luck with this group and may you make many new friends and discoveries on
the USENET for many years to come.

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