Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site decwrl.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!lll-crg!dual!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-akov68!boyajian From: boyajian@akov68.DEC (JERRY BOYAJIAN) Newsgroups: net.comics Subject: re: Kitty Message-ID: <3534@decwrl.UUCP> Date: Fri, 9-Aug-85 05:15:21 EDT Article-I.D.: decwrl.3534 Posted: Fri Aug 9 05:15:21 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 12-Aug-85 05:27:21 EDT Sender: daemon@decwrl.UUCP Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Lines: 33 > From: oddjob!london (David London) > With all this talk about whether the old Kitty was better than the new, and > vice-versa, I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned my pet peeve. > She's only 16 (or so). Why does ANYBODY (esp. Wolverine) want to take orders > from her??? I think at one point, Wolverine mentions that she'd make a good > leader. Baloney!!! She's just a kid!! (I don't care about the genius > business - 16 is 16). I'm surprised that anyone in the X-Men (most of whom > are at least 10 years older) would pay any attention to her suggestions or > orders. Ditto for the New Mutants. In the last couple issues, we see Dazzler > taking orders from one (or more) of those guys. Why would she pay any > attention to battle plans from a teeny-bopper??? > > I know Marvel doesn't pay too much attention to age (I wouldn't want them > to - this isn't Young Romance), but let's get real here! It's obvious that you've never been involved in science fiction fandom. When I first joined sf fandom at 17, the local sf group (NESFA) routinely had people as young as 15 in positions of responsibility. And they lead people who were as old as the upper-30's. Sixteen-year-olds had major positions on convention committees, including World Science Fiction Conventions. Granted, this is a little different than life-and-death battle situations, but the point is that many --- quite likely most --- teens (and even pre-teens) have a much greater maturity than adults give them credit for. Put a teen in a position of responsibility, and chances are that he will do the job as well as an adult. A mature adult will recognize this fact, and won't shy away from taking orders from a younger person, just because of age. --- jayembee (Jerry Boyajian, DEC, Acton-Nagog, MA) UUCP: {decvax|ihnp4|allegra|ucbvax|...}!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-akov68!boyajian ARPA: boyajian%akov68.DEC@DECWRL.ARPA