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The Internet Not for Old People

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the it-says-so-right-here-in-fine-print dept.

Alien54 writes to tell us the Daily Mail is reporting that if you want an internet connection and you are over 70 you may be in for a surprise. From the article: "After walking the Great Wall of China and making plans for a trip to Russia, Shirley Greening-Jackson thought signing up for a new internet service would be a doddle. But the young man behind the counter had other ideas. He said she was barred - because she was too old."

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  1. Re:why would HE be reprimanded? by pjay_dml · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Sieg Heil! Just like the Germans back then, don't ask questions, just follow.

    Ask any old German, who participated in the Third Reich, they were all just doing their job, feeding their family.

    The army also has a few open positions, why not apply? Or why not check out your local crime syndicate? Assassinations have always been with the most lucrative of the service industries.

    Only because a job is legal, doesn't make it moral. And don't give me the "I have a family to look after", so did the American revolutionaries in the 18'th, still they fought the British.

    Rather free and hungry, than a well fed slave.
    Rather unemployed, than a collaborator.