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Re: The Lego Group will attempt to stop some "brickfilms"
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Sun, 23 Dec 2001 09:26:06 GMT
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First, let me say that I have not so far in my own life ever had a child. I
may never have a child. So perhaps you may think I don't have an educated
opinion. In fact, most of my views come from how I was raised. So really,
if you have a beef with me or my views -- complain to my father or my mother.
In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Christopher L. Weeks writes:
> Richard, do you think there are any ideas or images to which access should be
> prevented or restricted?
Not really. Children see a lot of violence in the world today -- in the
news and via entertainment -- so that's already something that it is
difficult to prevent them from having access to. Crude language -- same
thing (if nowhere else, they will hear everything in the schoolyard). In
particular, I think you are asking me if it's okay to give children access
to different kinds of pornography or sexual subject matter, so let me answer
to that (and this presumes they don't have access already, which I think
they actually do BTW -- I know I could get my hands on stuff when I was a
kid, if I wanted to). The reality is that children of very young age are
very hard to shock, they are very close to nature as they learn to do things
like poop in the toilet instead of their pants, and so forth. Many of them
understand that boys and girls are different. Many of them have some
inkling as to how mothers and fathers create children, and that mothers give
birth to them. So I am not really that unclear about them having the whole
deal if they are interested.
But see, the real issue is context. Children of a young age have to have
context, they don't know much of their own and they are relying on their
parents, teachers, friends, and society to give them context. Lazy parents
will find that children will simply look elsewhere for guidance if they
cannot get it at home for one reason or another. So I believe in ALL ACCESS
to all things, because my parents would talk to me about anything. They
still will to this very day.
And parents talking to their children seems like a good thing to me.
Start shutting the door on all those things that make you uncomfortable and
your child will notice. They will also likely stop seeking answers from the
one or two persons they should be able to trust the most of anyone in the
world. That is how I see it.
> What do you envision as the "right" place for minors in our legal system with >regard to protection and rights?
I think minors should have access to all kinds of information. I don't
believe in minors having sex with adults because minors cannot consent. If
one minor has sex with another minor, I don't see it as a legal matter but
rather something for their parents to deal with.
If I had one complaint about the whole minors v. adults thing is that I
would drop the legal age for sexual consent to 15 or 16 because many
societies worldwide traditionally debut their daughters into society at
around those ages. Beyond that I wouldn't change anything currently a part
of our legal system surrounding these issues. [Just for the record, I tend
to date women of approx. my own age, so this age of consent thing is more an
observation than a personal mission or something...]
-- Hop-Frog
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