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LUGnet is a community, but it is not just a community of adults. As far as I
am aware, children are welcome on LUGnet too. Todd, would you care to
comment on this?
In real life, most adults communicate differently with children than they do
with adults, reflecting our understanding of a different level of maturity.
We tolerate outbursts from children in a way we do not from adults, etc. The
problem of an on-line community is that we don't have an awareness of
someone's adult/child status, so we do not make that automatic adjustment of
communication/tolerance/etc.
I do not think it is reasonable to expect children on LUGnet to behave as
adults. On the contrary, I think it is the adults who have to show their
maturity by being a bit more tolerant and understanding.
Perhaps we should all include our age in each posting, so we know who we are
dealing with.
Kerry (aged 40!)
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| (...) Children are welcome to read the newsgroups, subject to any parental supervision they may need. Children are also welcome to post to the newsgroups as long as they abide by the T&C just as any adult would. They should also make sure their (...) (24 years ago, 10-Aug-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| (...) Kerry, I think we all realise that children are welcome, and I have never said nor meant to imply otherwise. (...) James seems to have a problem with being recognised as 12, even though he usually goes out of his way to state it himself. (...) (24 years ago, 10-Aug-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| (...) If anyone is being abusive, it's James, judging by the rant that landed in my personal email a short while ago (separate from his posts here). All that indicated to me was that he'd failed to fully read and/or understand my post. My advice was (...) (24 years ago, 9-Aug-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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