To the under 18s in this thread

First of all, I would like to say that I don’t think that LW, or any P2P app, is an appropriate application for under 18s to use, and youngsters like "Itsame" highlights exactly the reasons I think LW is inappropriate.

Secondly, if "Itsame" got caught by his parents downloading pornography they will blame Limewire not their innocent little youngster whose mouth butter would not melt in.

And, of course, they would completely miss the point that LW does not have any download sites, pornographic or otherwise, and that users download from other PC users like themselves.

Itsame made a valid point that lots of under 18s use LW and I guess that those under 18s don’t really understand what they have got, thus the (naive) questions posed by Itsame (no offence intended).

However, saying all that, many adults don’t really understand what LW is about either, so we end up with irate users making ridiculous demands and threats. Once they are given an explanation of how LW and the gnutella network works, something that they should have found out for themselves, we never hear from them again.

And finally, I know we have youngsters on this forum that behave responsibly when using LW and exercise the necessary self restraint. But, I’m afraid, there will always be those that succumb to temptation and go looking for things they should leave alone.




UK Bob