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Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution

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On Fri, 14 Apr 2017 19:13:17 +0100, Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:

> On 4/14/17, 11:01 AM, in article op.yyo5o4pmjs98qf@red.lan, "James Wilkinson
> Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 14 Apr 2017 18:42:18 +0100, Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 4/14/17, 10:23 AM, in article op.yyo3xahnjs98qf@red.lan, "James Wilkinson
>>> Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Fri, 14 Apr 2017 18:11:39 +0100, Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 4/14/17, 8:02 AM, in article op.yyoxdqeljs98qf@red.lan, "James Wilkinson
>>>>> Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, 11 Apr 2017 21:26:16 +0100, Mark Lloyd <not@mail.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 04/10/2017 09:48 PM, Snit wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> [snip]
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> My kids, 9 and 11, have at least parts of that memorized. More than I
>>>>>>>> do.
>>>>>>>> :)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> When I was 9, many kids were concerned about Nixon becoming president. I
>>>>>>> was more interested in Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, Thymine. THAT is what
>>>>>>> I was thinking of when i got to school early
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I've never heard of a 9 year old giving a shit about politics.
>>>>>
>>>>> My 9 year old watched at least part of most of the debates and has done a
>>>>> fail amount of research on Trump, Clinton, Sanders, and others. I have
>>>>> little doubt she knows more than many of the "adults" you see on Usenet. :)
>>>>
>>>> One of two things wrong there:
>>>> 1) She should be allowed to vote if she knows that much.
>>>
>>> I would not go quite that far (though many of age I think are not informed
>>> enough to give a "good" vote... but I would not deny it to them because of
>>> the can of worms that opens!)
>>>
>>>> 2) What's the point in her learning that if she can't vote?
>>>
>>> She is interested... and wants to know about her country. There are
>>> certainly LARGE holes in her knowledge when compared to even the average 18
>>> year old (or what I would hope an 18 year old would know on even a base
>>> level) but she enjoys reading biographies of scientists, politicians, etc.
>>> as well as just books on what life was like in the past or what it is like
>>> in other places. These are books at her grade level or maybe a bit above,
>>> but I am not going to suggest she is a child prodigy and is preparing her
>>> doctoral dissertation as she reads these! Nor are these the only things she
>>> reads... she is really into a couple of fantasy series as well... right now
>>> more into those than the other. That comes some from her getting interested
>>> in what her older sister likes, but also her own tastes. And I am fine with
>>> that, too.
>>>
>>> My eleven year old cares about politics as much as one would expect most
>>> eleven year olds too... not much at all (though she and her friends have
>>> surprised me with some of their discussions how they handle differences in
>>> political views). But she is the one who is FAR more into the fantasy novels
>>> and graphic novels of various sorts. I am completely fine with that, too...
>>> not pushing either of them to get "into" politics. As is common, they have
>>> adopted many of the views of their parents (my wife and I) but they also
>>> have places they disagree... and that is fine, too.
>>
>> I agree with you that she probably knows more than most adults, so she should
>> get to vote, as should every child.
>
> Well, she is taxed... maybe kids should not be. :)

She pays tax?!

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Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-14 16:02 +0100
  Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2017-04-14 08:59 -0700
    Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-14 17:02 +0100
  Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-14 10:11 -0700
    Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-14 18:23 +0100
      Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-14 10:42 -0700
        Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-14 19:01 +0100
          Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-14 11:13 -0700
            Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-14 19:33 +0100
              Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-14 12:01 -0700
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-14 20:31 +0100
  Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Mark Lloyd <not@mail.invalid> - 2017-04-14 13:32 -0500
    Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-14 19:44 +0100

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