Ben Finney wrote: > Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> We should be making allowances for this particular poster on account >> of relative youth: I hadn't realised earlier, but we are dealing >> with a fourteen-year-old. > > I don't believe that's true. One of the great advantages of discussion > over the internet is that one's behaviour is what is judged, without > necessary prejudice from one's age, skin tone, facial features, or the > like. Set against the many disadvantages of internet discussion, I > think "judge only on basis of behaviour" is a good default. > Fair enough, but I was simply suggesting we cut him some slack, not that we completely ignore any obnoxious behavior we might observe.
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