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Originally Posted by parmnion

It would be difficult to do that under the current forum age restriction due to the chances of bullying occuring.

Is there anyone under 18 posting regularly in SD? I doubt it, but I take your point for the other forums. Regardless, it would be pretty obvious if a young member was being bullied, and going back to the real-world symbolism again, I'm pretty sure that even in the US verbal bullying isn't protected under freedom of speech.