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From: "Ian J. Ball" <ijball@mac.invalid>
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Subject: Re: What Did You Watch? 2024-12-20 (Friday)
Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2024 10:00:51 -0800
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On 12/22/24 8:35 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:

> Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
>> On 12/21/24 12:40 PM, suzeeq wrote:
>>> On 12/21/2024 10:40 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
> 
>>>> DOOL - "Doug III" goes to Leo Stark to sell the necklace, and Leo
>>>> tries to talk him into returning the necklace, but I guess Doug III
>>>> has debts to pay off!! Holly discusses Tate, and Sophia, with Maggie.
>>>> I wasn't entirely sure, but it sounded like Tate talked Sophia into an
>>>> abortion (across state lines?) - and the show was pathetically preachy
>>>> on the subject of parental consent, which all normal people are
>>>> completely in favor of.
> 
>>> Yes, but many states where it's legal, still require parental conset
>>> under a certaion age.
> 
>> Read that again - I'm saying regular people support parental consent laws.
> 
>> This is another area where the Left is laughably inane - they don't
>> think kids should buy cigarettes or alcohol, and (generally) seem to
>> support parental consent for tattoos and cosmetic surgery, but think
>> kids should have abortions and sex change operations without their
>> parents' consent. It's asinine.
> 
> You're a lunatic. Laws on prohibition of achohol sales were originally
> written by conservatives for supposed religious reasons. However,
> teenagers are genetically predisposed to STOOPID and don't require
> assistance from intoxicating substances.
> 
> Tobacco use -- addictive but not behavior altering -- shouldn't be
> prohibited, but again, to the extent that there were early laws
> prohibitting tobacco sales and use, they came from conservatives.

So, you're in favor of selling cigies to minors? Got it.

> Where the hell did you ever get the idea that the church lady isn't
> there to impose behavioral restrictions upon everybody else?

As usual, I have no idea what point you are trying to make here... [roll]