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[Fakhereddine Berrada]

Dear Henry, there's a whole in your bucket; so fix it... Are you asking us
to start policing the list, and do other people's jobs for them? Not that
GR is or should be the reference in such matters, but doesn't it suggest
repeatedly that the System's survival depends on its feeding the
'children' the *healthy* values of its ideology, hence its
self-perpetuation. Maybe Andrew's presence among us -IF HE IS REALLY A
CHILD!!!!!!!- is healthy and should be welcome and its benefit would be to
make us aware of how much we take for granted a lot of the stuff we say on
the list. I am not even saying we should clean up our talk and language;
maybe Andrew may have sg to teach us on that subject. We could suggest to
him to go to SL and meet Carl for ex.; or let him encounter the risks of
Cyberculture. IF HE IS REALLY A CHILD, he will stay here whether we (or
the Police) like or not. We should also re-read the Last Sections of GR
and get some wisdom concerning the child/parent relationship. 
Fakhereddine. (father of two)

On Fri, 14 Mar 1997, Henry Musikar wrote: 

> On 14 Mar 97 at 13:09, Grall wrote:
> 
>   Oh, I forgot to mention I'm only 11 years old 
> >         Andrew

> Uh oh. Are we now going to have problems if we use one of the seven
> words? Or if a troll pops up again? Or if we even quote certain
> passages in GR?
> 
> I'd say that this is an R if not X-rayted (sic(k)) list. Should 
> someone send a message both directly to this kid and to the kid's
> family? Sure, a lotta kids see movies with "worse" stuff than the
> list ever sends out or Pynchon writes. But...
> 
> AsB4,
> Henry Musikar
> 
> Keep cool, but care. -- TRP
> Moderation in moderation. -- Husky Mariner
>