The child doesn't drive up to the McDonalds window and order a happy meal now does he?
. On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 11:34 AM, Zaphod Beeblebrox <[email protected]> wrote: > > that's kinda funny because last I checked, there's a whole bunch of laws that > regulate what kind of decency standards have to be followed on TV. It would > seem that if you don't want your kid to see nudity, it would be a simple > thing just to say "No, you can't watch TV", but yet these standards exist. > > there's also laws against minors buying alcohol. It seems that all you > should need to do is tell your kids "No, don't buy alcohol", but yet the law > exists. > > there's also laws for minors needing to attend school. It seems that all you > should need to do is tell your kids, "Go to school", but yet the law exists. > > there's also laws against minors buying pornography. It seems that all you > should need to do is tell your kids "Don't buy any dirty magazines", but yet > the law exists. > > there's also laws for speed limits in school zones. It seems that all you > should need to do is tell your kids, "Make sure to look both ways when you > cross", but yet the law exists. > > My point being that there are a lot of laws that exist for the only reason of > making it easier to be a parent and protecting the child from their lack of > experience/wisdo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:331048 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
