Re: A bit of a problem.
PlungerBug@aol.com
Sat, 18 Jul 1998 04:20:25 -0400 (EDT)
Camille Scaysbrook wrote:
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> 14 isn't too young for anything. Please don't underestimate people based on
> age - teenagers are every bit a marginalised subculture as say, homosexuals
> or blacks.
Sorry again about posting that. Shortly after I posted that I realized
that it was a very insulting, unfair remark, especially since I'm still
a teenager myself. It was partly sarcastic though. I meant that a
14-year-old should be questioning enough to recognize a double standard,
although, of course, I now realize that Erinn didn't intend to present
one.
Although you argue you
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> > didn't want to be ageist.
>
> you say
>
> > After all, they're just college students.
I was being sarcastic. Here, I'll be ageist again-aren't college
students supposed to be liberals, and Berkeley ones in particular? I
had hoped for more than a bunch of affirmative action demonstrations
during my first semester and a half. I was mocking the general apathy I
came across.
I really hope you haven't scared poor Erin off
> bananafish because she certainly didn't deserve this tirade which she did
> absolutely nothing to consciously provoke !
Again, I hoped I made it clear that I didn't intend to attack Erinn,
although that's probably what I wound up doing. Her post may have set
me off but I wish I hadn't attacked her personally, just the labeling of
Franny as insane. Weren't a few people upset a little while back when I
said that Holden might have been schizophrenic? I got similarly upset
when Franny was called insane, although I probably defended her in the
wrong way. I now strongly believe that both characters were sane, if
not "going sane in a crazy world," if I may shove a Tick quote into this
post.
Enough...I read Nine Stories on Wednesday, and if I may make another
gaudy reference to pop culture, it was like hearing Hey Jude for the
first time.
Cheryl