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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: Fri, 23 May 2025 02:13:27 +1000
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Scott Dorsey <kludge@panix.com> wrote
> Lawrence D'Oliveiro  <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote
>> Scott Dorsey wrote

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

Not even possible

>> Some right-wingers have religious objections to that though, don't they?

> Not just right-wingers.  Plenty of folks left and center have social
> objections to that.  (Most of the claimed religious objections on the
> right turn out to be social objections when carefully inspected.)

> We live in a society that is very messed-up about sex

In what regard ?

> and that isn't  going to change until people see places that are less  
> so.

Where are you claiming those are ?

> The nice  thing about the internet is that it giveskids  an opportunity  
> to see  places that are less so.

Where are you claiming those are ?

> The bad thing about the internet is that it  provides no context.

What context are you claiming there should be ?