[lbo-talk] Liberate Doug from Old Fogeyism! - was/ videogames

[Jerry Monaco]

On 8/11/06, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
>
> On Aug 11, 2006, at 10:35 AM, Jerry Monaco wrote:
>
> > On 8/11/06, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
> >> The Times, whose growing coverage of video game culture is especially
> >> impressive when you consider that anyone who plays video games is
> >> functionally illiterate...
> >
> > Doug, Doug, Doug, you unabashed baby boomer!
>
> Hey, I'm not endorsing it! I just thought it was funny and
> provocative. And the words weren't written by a boomer - the Gawker
> gang is in their early 30s.
>
> Doug

Apologies.  So there I was showing-off my own oldness... or at least
my bad eyes. Until I looked closely just now I thought the by-line was
yours and not a quote.  Shame on me.

Yes, and perhaps one has to be ideologically illiterate in order to
buy into the New York Times in the first place.

Jerry