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Pastimes : The Boxing Ring Revived
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To: Neocon who wrote (2707)2/21/2002 8:09:31 PM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (1) of 7720
 
you do not manufacture cultural authority on the spot

We're talking about little kids here. You and I could make up something and, if the teachers and parents treated it with reverence, the kids would accept it as sufficiently authoritative. Or we could call it the Big Bird list or the tooth fairy list. By the time they were old enough to figure out we made it up, they'd have the list down pat and would know not to cheat or hit. As they get old enough to know the authority is not absolute and universal, they're more interested in what their peers say than what some old book has to say, anyway. Way cool teens would probably write graffiti on your collage. It's the little ones, the ones who can't grasp the concepts of adultery and coveting anyway, that we want. If you insist on something with tradition, crib from the Boy Scouts. At least it's age appropriate. I know how much you care about age appropriateness. <g>

Karen
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