Re: A New Game for the GS!

[jimwong@ruf.rice.edu (Jim Wong)]

In article <2r0d05$kkb@crl.crl.com>, joko@crl.com (Joe Kohn) writes:
|> In a very general sense, the way I see it is that we have 2 distinct groups
|> of people that access c.s.a2. Although I hate to generalize, one large group
|> is composed of students and the other group is composed of adults.
|> 
|> Students and young people in general are an idealistic group. They look at
|> the world, and it's easy for them to see hypocrisy in many things. Being
|> idealistic is very easy for youth; it comes with the territory and they can
|> afford to be idealis

|> I thoroughly believe that what has become known as "Netiquette" is
|> predicated and based in large part by youth and their idealism.

Hardly.  A good deal of it has to do with people wanting to avoid large
phone bills.  This doesn't fit in too well with your analogy.

|> On the other hand, we have adults here, most of whom used to be idealistic
|> youth at one time too. But, in the real world, where you have to come up
|> with rent checks and alimony checks and where you have a boss or job you
|> might hate, it's not that easy to remain idealistic.

You should have listened to your instincts.  This is a preposterous
generalization.  Do you really think "students" have it so easy?  Do
you really think "students" don't have to deal with deadlines,
managing their finances, and people they don't like?

|> I'd like to see some respect around here for people like Richard King. Think
|> about it...why do you think that all the active Apple II companies do not

Although the original flame directed at Mr. King was out of line, its
writer had a good point: it's rude to post things to binaries groups
without a description.  Mr. King _could_ have ignored the flame and
made a mental note to attach brief descriptions to his future posts;
that would have been the mature, _adult_ thing to do.  Instead, he
responded with an arrogant, heavy-handed flame of his own.