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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: Sun, 18 May 2025 16:12:53 +1000
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Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote
> Scott Dorsey wrote

>> Which is why online controls won't work, becausethey won't have  =

>> support  of many parents...

> It is a given, is it not, that those below a certain age are not of
> sufficient maturity to make certain decisions for themselves.

That's not true of social media and certainly isnt true of all those und=
er  =

16

> That=E2=80=99s why  our species has the concept of =E2=80=9Cparents=E2=
=80=9D and =E2=80=9Cparenting=E2=80=9D at  =

> all.

They are still parents when the kids are 40

> Only  nowadays, society has become so complex that the parents of a ch=
ild
> cannot, on their own, supply sufficient guidance and care to ensure th=
e
> child grows up the right way.

That's bullshit

> That=E2=80=99s why we have schools and
> schoolteachers, for one thing.

That's bullshit too. We have schools because most parents
don't have the time or skills to teach most of what schools
teach and we certainly don't expect teachers to bring up kids.

> As the saying goes, =E2=80=9Cit takes a village to raise a child=E2=80=
=9D.

That's always been mindless bullshit and clearly
isnt true of the kids in our big rural propertys.

> And as  Marshall  McLuhan pointed out, that=E2=80=9Cvillage=E2=80=9D i=
s nowadays well  =

> and truly global.

More mindless bullshit.

>> When I was 16 I snuck into movie theatres to watch x-rated movies, wh=
ich
>> is probably more harmful than watching them on one's phone and certai=
nly
>> requires far more effort.

> And therefore you did it less. That=E2=80=99s the difference.

There is no evidence that any ban on the use of social
media would actually see most kids except to those of the
most stupid lawbiding parents would actually use it less.

>> The only solution is to actually educate kids about sex ...

> Some right-wingers have religious objections to that though, don=E2=80=
=99t they?

Who cares about fools like that