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Date Posted: 12:57:59 04/21/03 Mon
Author: Chiad
Subject: Re: My opinion on this little debate, (as well as some fun stuff at the end for the rest of you)
In reply to: Fenrir 's message, "My opinion on this little debate, (as well as some fun stuff at the end for the rest of you)" on 12:14:59 04/21/03 Mon

>do me a favor and respect myself and my forums
members.

>Ah, but I never respect anyone just because they tell
>me to. People have to earn my respect, something that
>isn't easy to do I'll admit.

I agree with you Fenrir. I don't respect someone because they ask to be respected. I respect them because, in my opinion, they deserve to be respected.

>
>I would also like to point out that throughout the
>majority of history, as well as throughout much of the
>world today, people of 11-13 years of age were as
>mature as adults. They had to be to survive. Many
>would be getting married at around that age. Others
>would have been working in the fields since they were
>six or seven. Or even worse, working in the death
>traps called factories.
>
>Medieval art work depicts children with the same
>proportions as adults, only smaller. That's what
>children were seen as, little adults who acted in the
>same manner. (Or ‘manor' as our dear friend would
>say. Heh.)
>
>Clearly age and maturity just like age and wisdom,
>have little to do with each other. It's not that all
>children go through a phase of whining. It's mainly
>just people from the rich industrialized areas of the
>world. They are fortunate enough to live in an area
>of the world that doesn't require them to fight to
>survive every day, and thus have enough free time to
>whine about things. They should spend more time being
>thankful that they have clean water instead.
>
>Waits for the approaching onslaught of hate that
>this should get him.
>

No hate from me, I agree with you entirely.

>
>On a different note, I would like to point out that
>the real conquest of Iraq has begun.
>
>http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777195239
>.html
>
>We'll have a Starbucks there by the end of the month.
>We are McDonalds. You will be assimilated. You know
>I read somewhere that there has never been a war
>between two countries which both had a McDonalds in
>them. I don't know if it's true or not, but it's kind
>of interesting.

*snickers*

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  • Re: My opinion on this little debate, (as well as some fun stuff at the end for the rest of you) -- Violet, 13:06:31 04/21/03 Mon
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