What is Sally Brown?

Seriously, what is this annoying poster supposed to be? In one thread, (s)he claims to be 14 years old and in another, talks about a coffee addiction. Are we seeing a child trying act like an adult or an adult trying to pass themselves off as a child.

Hopefully, not the latter because that is too #@*^ing creepy for words.

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Nobody is wise beyond their years at 14.

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why do people create threads bashing people!? if its all in good fun (the BWW Novel) than its ok... but how would you like it if people publiclly ganged up on you. and especially on a message board!? thats pretty low. i know you're going to have some smart come-back and use my age against me but i just want you to think about what you are doing!? why not PM her with your thoughts!? if you think that this is a fun/clever thing to do and that people will applaud you, well, they might but i just think that its immature.

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I find it equally adult to make a whole thread dedicated to bashing a poster who only wants to contribute to this board.

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She might be only 14 but the majority of her posts are well thought out and meaningful. I'm 21 and i don't understand what the cruising thread is, mainly because i haven't read it granted... but there's a kind of language barrier between colloquial language used in America and England. You holiding it against me?... or does my age excuse me of any attack?

Sally keep your chin up chuck... i enjoy reading your posts!

OFF TOPIC- What is it with Americans and kids drinking coffee? I don't know any child that is refused coffee if they want it!

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Well, if you think having a coffee addiction at the age of 14 is bad, try having it at the age of 9! My cousin is drinking the stuff constantly...I never drink it!

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It's not a sin, it's irresponsible parenting.

And yet nobody has pointed me to this horrible Sally bashing sentence in my post.

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The same exact thing happened when I had that one feud with Namo...orion thought I couldn't make meaningful posts because I was 12. Come on, that's low, and this thread is too.

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Orion: I'm guessing the fact that you referred to her as a "what," rather than a "who" may have contributed to people thinking you're bashing her. You also called her annoying, and implied that her parents are irresponsible, which isn't really bashing per-say, but isn't particularly nice, either.

Beergoggles: I actually think it's good that a lot of parents limit soda and coffee. I mean those drinks won't kill kids, but they aren't extremely healthy.

Each to their own i suppose! In this life though what is healthy seriously?

Salmon can actually give you cancer (small chances but it's proven!)
Alcohol pickles the liver and destroys numerous brain cells each time it is consumed. However because it is socially acceptable people don't seem to mind!

Health addicts are gonna feel well stupid when they die of nothing.

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Orion-my mom makes me coffee every morning. What's wrong with that? In fact, she's very protective of me. While a lot of my friends are allowed in the city alone, I'm not. I wasn't even allowed to cross the street alone until I was 11! She checks into everything I do, and she's extremely responsible and protective. I don't get away with anything.

"...but how would you like it if people publiclly ganged up on you. and especially on a message board!?"

Contradiction city!

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And can we get back to the serious concern at hand? I couldn't care less (she said parentally) who drinks coffee. Knock yourselves out. But I am concerned with young teenagers getting mixed up in threads that are clearly adult in nature. Or maybe they are NOT clearly enough adult in nature for a young teenager to recognize. Which isn't anything bad on Sally's part. And it happened to be Sally this time, but it's an ongoing phenomenon here. Last time it was someone else, and next time it probably will be, too.

I support a wide open age range for the Main Board which is intended for theater related discussions. You want to post about how awesome Shosh is, although I might roll my eyeballs, I still support your right to post it on a theater board. I enjoy reading many of the posts written by people under 21 on both the Main and the OT boards.

But it's becoming clearer to me by the minute why the anybody-and-everybody age range for any-and-every topic creates some very unsettling situations. I'm longing for that third board that will channel "adult" conversations in a direction away from the kids. The mixture that occurs now sometimes just isn't right.

Do I want an adult board so I can go talk dirty? No. It's not my style. But if the guys want to rehash fond reminiscences, be it about the movie or the art of cruising, they should be able to do it without having a kid wander in. Hell, even *I* would hesitate to post in that thread because I don't belong in that discussion.

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Updated On: 6/29/05 at 08:21 PM