X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,9cdf0805fabc1a5f X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-03-20 00:01:05 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!colt.net!newspeer.clara.net!news.clara.net!diablo.theplanet.net!diablo.theplanet.net!news.theplanet.net!not-for-mail From: "Sam Blanning" Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: A giant ASCII goat Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 08:09:27 -0000 Lines: 45 Message-ID: References: <9jod9us5u2fmhrm5knm0qvat4j0kdbfle3@4ax.com> <5qag9u4i6t2hch45lrr3m1q2fq2nfobftf@4ax.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: modem-234.antelope.dialup.pol.co.uk X-Trace: newsg1.svr.pol.co.uk 1016611204 14771 217.134.16.234 (20 Mar 2002 08:00:04 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: 20 Mar 2002 08:00:04 GMT X-Complaints-To: abuse@theplanet.net X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:15798 "who" wrote in message news:5qag9u4i6t2hch45lrr3m1q2fq2nfobftf@4ax.com... > > >this is Usenet. no kids ought to be allowed to subscribe to anything but the > >tamest moderated groups. accept that. > > > >Usenet is for adults. > > Oh? sez who? Usenet is a public place where anyone can wander in. So are porn sites. It doesn't mean children should wander in. Apart from anything else, 99.9% of the children I've seen on Usenet do nothing but troll, AOL and write other one line posts, and have hideous posting habits that they never correct. When I see anyone under 14 that is capable of communicating on Usenet properly, I will say 'well done, you're the exception'. > > >As far as old people go, they haven't discovered the Internet yet and hardly > >anyone of them will do much more than send an email or view web sites. > > Wrong again, Bunky, I'm 71. If you are, kudos to you for being an exception. But I think you're lying. Because... > > Anyone who uses rude language or images in a public place accomplishes nothing > but to demonstrate his lack of maturity. > > Sorry that strikes a nerve. When you grow up you will, hopefully, understand. > Anyone who thinks part of an argument is insulting people for no reason whatsoever except to annoy them hasn't had 71 years in human society. And if you have, then get off this computer. Go outside. Meet these strange people that you have apparently failed to meet at all despite living 71 years. Then come back when you've learned how to actually argue something without looking like an idiot. In other words, come back when you've grown up.