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17806: Re: [MUD-Dev] Myn ynd Wymyn (was Teaching ethics in MUDs)
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From: Adam Casbarian <adamcas@concentric.net>
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 07:24:55 -0800
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Ananda Dawnsinger wrote:
> I don't see how it does. I honestly don't. A false sense of
> security, yes. A reason for Alice to charge the MUD with unequal
> treatment, perhaps. Unless there's an operating assumption that
> women are, like children, naive and careless and unaware of 'Net
> safety, and must be protected for their own good... and I think it's
> safe to assume there's not.
When those women are 14-16, yes they are naive and careless. Looking
from past experience, a good chunk of the women who socialize on muds
and chat-rooms ARE pre-21. Believing they're all mature young adults
who have been educated on what to do and not to do is foolish.
Adam
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