Right. 18. We're talking about children 3-4 here. If I trusted humanity to do the right thing then I'd have no problem making non-environmentally impacting drugs legal. But I don't trust humanity. I don't trust people to make laws, enforce laws and abide by laws. Alcohol is legal and people still drive drunk and still get off on DUI charges. That's the standard I put any other substances against.
> There are a lot of things I can't control when my kid isn't around. > Pot is illegal now and my kids could still smoke it. (Ok, not my kids, > my eldest is 4 ;) Note that I have no problem with restricting the > sales of some items.(*) I don't advocate selling guns to children. But > the point is - legal or not - you have to teach your kids right from > wrong, and what to do when they -arent- in your care. Since you say > that you think drugs should be legal and controlled, then I think we > are on the same page. > > I consider myself a liberatarian, but not when it comes to children. > However, once you hit 18, you should be as free as possible to do > whatever you want. > > * While i favor age restrictions on alcohol and cigs, I think it is > insane that an 18 year old can join the army, vote for president, > smoke, but not drink a beer. There should be one age. Period. Not > everyone matures at the same time, but if everything else is 18, it is > silly to have "21" be the magic age where it is ok to drink. > > > On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 16:34:06 -0500, Michael Dinowitz > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yes, but can you control when they would be exposed if it was legal. If > > someone can walk down the street smoking a blunt, can you protect your > > children from the smoke? Could you protect yourself? > > I'd rather that drugs were legal but heavily controlled. I'd also prefer > > people to have common sense. As they don't seem to have the latter > (much), I > > can't trust in the former. > > > > I'll teach my kids the dangers, I'll stress that its bad and I'll keep > them > > away from them as long as I can. I give them a LOT of leeway in things > that > > I don't feel are a danger to them. This I think is. > > > > > > > > > I'm a parent and I don't think drugs should be illegal. I also think > > > that it's my responsibility as a parent to keep my young and > > > impressionable child away from drugs, if I deem them offensive. Or > > > better yet, let him know about the downside of drugs. > > > > > > > > > On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 13:04:38 -0500, Michael Dinowitz > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > That is what just about any parent will say and I agree. > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:136380 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
