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| (...) I didn't say "*what* is cool". I said "*who* is cool". That's a completely separate issue. The actual words used may be "mature enough", but it won't feel that way to the recipient of a rejection. It's painful enough for Shiri to be rejected (...) (26 years ago, 4-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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| (...) You said it yourself; this is supposed to be fun. How much fun do you think Shiri is having sitting at home wishing she could be in NELUG, but can't, because of an age restriction. If you can find a way that could *possibly* be fun, I'd like (...) (26 years ago, 4-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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| (...) What is "cool" and "not cool" has nothing to do with it. And, as I said before, just being a third party, I feel that this is VERY arrogant on NELUG's part as a whole...I think we'd all be satisfied if this were taken case by case; have a (...) (26 years ago, 4-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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| (...) That requires us to become judges of character. It's not something I want to get into -- this is supposed to be fun. I can't see how rejecting someone with the words "you're not mature enough" are going to be fun for anyone. Saying "sorry, you (...) (26 years ago, 4-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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| (...) What exactly would we tell the person that got denied? "We don't think you're as cool as some other people, so you can't be in our club"? That's not likely to have a positive outcome of any sort. I certainly don't want to be the person saying (...) (26 years ago, 4-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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