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From: "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Banning Social Media For Under-16s
Date: Sat, 17 May 2025 18:12:25 +1000
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Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> wrote

> Kids under 21 should not be allowed smart phones, only be allowed dumb
> phones for text and voice.

Mindlessly silly and completely unengforceable because
they would just get someone over 21 to get it for them.

> eg Nokia 2780
> <https://www.amazon.com.au/Nokia-Unlocked-Universally-Compatible-Carriers/dp/B0D3RWZ39S>
>        https://tinyurl.com/y8rfvh9t

> Also get to recognize spare the rod and spoil the child lessons to
> parents how to flog them.
> To many children have little respect nowadays, My town the local cop
> would kick you on the bum, then tell your parents who also gave you a
> hammering then you would be mowing lawns at some oldies house for 12
> months

Never happened to me

>  make parents accountable for their louts actions $$$

Not even possible with the worst of the dregs of the parents

> <https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-19/police-to-target-ringleaders-in-youth-crime-crackdown/105070820>
>       https://tinyurl.com/mu3fp8za
> NSW Police to target 100 ringleaders in crackdown on youth crime