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On 8 Oct 1999 13:46:29 GMT, lraszewski@loyola.edu (L. Ross Raszewski)
wrote:

>On Fri, 08 Oct 1999 12:28:25 GMT, Keith A. Glass <salgak@erols.com> wrote:

>>That is not my problem: that's theirs.  And it's NOT the Government's
>>problem to solve. . . 

>It would be ideal if they didn't have to, but if the parents aren't going
>to be responsible, basic humanity demands that someone else look out for
>the children.  Would you have the children of irresponsible parents
>be puniashed for their parents' irresponsibility?

How, exactly, are children being "punished" by unsupervised, unlimited
net access ???  And how does it differ from being allowed
unsupervised, unlimited access to a library ???

Basic Humanity requires ME to look out for MY children and YOU to look
out for YOUR children.  It does NOT require a third party to look out
for EVERYONE's children, especially without consulting the parents
first. . . 

>>Which really means, they shouldn't have bothered to become parents in
>>the first place, but then I've always been in favor of the basic
>>policy of "Stupid People Shouldn't Breed". . . where by "Stupid", I
>>mean that they aren't up to the responsibilities of the job . . 

>I'd just as soon that they didn't, but is it the government's place to
>enforce that instead?  

Frankly, I don't care.  It's not the government's business there,
either.  But dealing with Stupidity is not the government's
business...

>>And why are such children disadvantaged by unsupervised Net access ??

>I'm not sure that they are, but it's not my field of research.  They may well
>be; I don't know.  In the general case, however, when it is determined that
>something is harmful to children, I support the government's regulation of
>it.

Fine.  Ban sugared cereals, cartoon-toy tie ins, etc.  And enjoy the
world that you and Big Brother will make together.  Myself, I'll be
teaching MY kids individual and personal responsibility, as free
citizens of a free nation. . . .



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