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To: "Russell Turpin" <deafbox@hotmail.com>, fork@spamassassin.taint.org
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From: "R. A. Hettinga" <rah@shipwright.com>
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Subject: Re: Signers weren't angry young men (was: Java is for kiddies)
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Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2002 23:18:58 -0400
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At 4:12 PM +0000 on 9/3/02, Russell Turpin wrote:
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> Of the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence,
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> only two were in their twenties at the time. Their
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> average age was forty-five. There were no teenagers.
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> Fourteen were over fifty. Ben Franklin was the oldest,
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> at seventy. For the most part, these were angry,
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> middle-aged men.
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I think it was George Carlin who said something to the effect that young
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men in general are boring, but, around fifty, men either have everything
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they ever wanted, or have almost nothing of what they wanted; either of
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which makes them behave quite interestingly.
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Cheers,
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RAH
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--
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R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah@ibuc.com>
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"Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups."
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--George Carlin
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