Re: Open mouth, insert foot

[Alfred C Thompson II <act2@tiac.net>]

Sometimes it is relevant. It often helps to understand where someone is
coming from. I don't think age is related to validity and I don't think
anyone suggested that it is. (Though if it was the cutoff would be 44 :-) )

Appropriate is a more open question. The nice thing about a listserv is
that you don't have to answer inappropriate questions.

At 06:02 PM 6/17/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Is it relevant (or even appropriate) to ask someone their age when they
>post? I guess it would be neat if we could card people before determining
>the validity of their email musings.
>
>Bill (hey, I'll be 40 in a month - what is the cut-off? ;-) 
>
>>When the discussion started, someone made the mistake of asking  Mr.Chin
>>how old he was. That set off a tirade of insults and written abuse, calling
>>people   impotent etc.This was all from Mr.Chin. If he caught some flak it
>>was because people responded to being insulted . I know you're so high and
>>mighty that you "removed" yourself from the fray, but if you hadn't, you
>>would have seen that that initial letter where the diplomatic Mr.Chin
>>called every body who disagreed with him "lameheads", was the catalyst for
>>this "anal" flame festival...
>
>


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