[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: No responses on the main list (Was: Wizarding Education )

[Shaun Hately]

On 29 Jul 2004 at 23:33, justcarol67 wrote:

> I wish I knew the answer. I just know that I'm tired of juvenile,
> emotion-based posts and posters who don't or can't respond calmly and
> logically to rational arguments. (Doesn't mean I intend to quit the
> main list, though. When it's good, it's very good, and I haven't
> encountered anything else quite like it.) Here's a thought--since
> HPfGU is for grownups, maybe the List Elves could raise the minimum
> age to thirty? 

Hum... no thanks.

First of all, I object to the idea on personal grounds as I won't 
be thirty myself until early next year (-8

But secondly, I rather despise the idea of their being a solid age 
line anyway. When making laws, sometimes it's a necessity - but not 
for something like this.

There are plenty of 20 year olds I know who are more mature than 
plenty of 30 year olds that I know (I'm at university - I know a 
*lot* of people in these age groups.

Age, of course, has some bearing on whether or not someone is a 
'grownup' - but there's a lot of other factors as well.


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