"Disaster" <disaster@disfanfic.net> wrote in message news:<um6ae7b61j2ube@corp.supernews.com>...
> "esper41" <esper41@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> > "Disaster" <disaster@disfanfic.net> wrote:
> > > "esper41" <esper41@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> > > > "Disaster" <disaster@disfanfic.net> wrote:
> > > > > So what? That's totally beside the point and for these matters
> > > > > unimportant. Obviously we are not talking about Adults, we are
>  talking
> > > > > about kids. Don't change the subject.
> > > >
> > > > Your post implied that you belive adults to be superior to children,
> > > > and I was merely arguing that that is not always the case - by the
> > > > same token, if you look hard enough you will find an 8-year-old
> > > > smarter than you and me put together.
> > >
> > > Superior is not the right term. We are all equal as humans go. However
>  an
> > > adult will always be smarter then a child, more experienced and so
>  forth.
> > > Now don't get me wrong, I'm sure this rule has it's exception. For
>  example
> > > someone who has abused alcohol for years and as a result has suffer
> > > several strokes will most likely have a severally reduce mental
>  capacity.
> > >
> > > But don't sit there an suggest that I have implied something I have
>  not!
> > > Your use of the term superior is an ugly attempt to twist my words
>  into
> > > something that looks like unjustified bias.
> > >
> > > No 8 year old has the life experience of myself, let alone you and me
>  put
> > > together. There is no point in having huge intelligence if you don't
>  know
> > > how or why to use it.
> >
> > I'm sorry if I misinterpreted your post, and I certainly didn't mean
> > to offend you as much as I seem to have done - perhaps we should just
> > agree to disagree on this, I don't want to makean enemy of you.
> 
> How old are you?

A lady never tells.  Unfortunately I'm a guy, so you've put me in a
rather awkward position -do I lie, tell the truth or simply refuse to
answer?  All three options have different positive and negative
results (if I say I'm young I risk my credibility, yet I earn the
chance to prove my point by trying to write intelligent, well
thought-out posts from now on; if I say I'm older, I am more likely to
be considered an equal, yet I lose the afformentioned oppertunity; and
if I decline toindicate either way, I get myself out of thisrather
sticky situation, yet you are almostguaranteed to decide one way or
another for yourself), so I have to ask, Disaster, do you really care?