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Re: My Official Viewpoint
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Sun, 5 Nov 2000 20:13:32 GMT
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> From: "Christopher Weeks" <clweeks@eclipse.net>
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> > 3)I don't hate kids. I do, however, resent attempts by parents to censor
> > things that I have access to as an adult.
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> How do you feel about having to show your ID before buying beer? Tobacco?
> Pornography? What exactly do you mean by censor?
I don't mind having to display ID to gain access to adult privileges.
What I meant by "censor" are the efforts of Irate Parent Groups who wish to
ban things like videogames or CDs etc. because they dislike them.
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> > Personally, I don't feel responsible for your
> > kids, and I don't think that people with kids should try to make me
> > responsible for them.
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> I want to minimize the impact that responsibility for my kids has on you. But
> if I have a responsibility to pay taxes, then you have a responsibility to
> keep
> my kids safe and sound.
No, I have a responsibility to vote for what I believe in. That's all.
Just because you pay taxes doesn't mean I become responsible if your kid
runs out into traffic or starts to hang out with the wrong crowd.
The only responsibility I share with you is tax money that goes toward
public schools. I've always voted for more money toward schools. This is not
my argument.
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> > This is why I do not have children. My wife and I feel
> > that we're enjoying being adults at this time. Maybe we'll change later on,
> > who knows?
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> Hopefully not.
Back to the mild insults?
> Most of those of us with kids are enjoying being adults too.
> :-)
What I meant is that we're enjoying our adult freedom. Personally, I enjoy
going out anytime, anywhere, and staying out until I'm good and ready to
come home. If my wife and I want to go to a B&B for the weekend, we pick up
and go on a moment's notice. We don't have to live in Barney-land.
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> > Anyway, I posted this because things can get muddled after they're quoted
> > and re-quoted and re-hashed over the course of a debate.
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> I just scanned back through your history on off-topic.debate looking for
> something to quote out of context as a joke. I couldn't find anything good.
That's ok.
~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin
--
Mark's Lego(R) Creations
http://www.nwlink.com/~sandlin/lego
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| (...) OK, I'm behind you on this stance. I agree. When I was a teen Tipper Gore was famous for making waves trying to get the PMRTC (or whatever, I know that's not right) in place to regulate music lyrics. I'm opposed. OTOH, volluntary rating (...) (26 years ago, 5-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I'm sometimes surprised, but I don't think this one has the potential to get out of hand. (...) Shucks...me too. I actually think I was mildly insulting to you Mark, and I do actually apologize. I could have made my points more mildly. (...) (...) (26 years ago, 5-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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