"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."
It should be the responsibility of the parents, not the government. "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." It's a dumb law and circumvented easily. Parents should give their expectations and rules and dole out consequences when the the rules are broken. "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." Another dumb law. Public warehousing and indoctrination. When I was a teacher, my school system would go get some expelled children (not all of them) at the end of the year to come in and take the EOG tests because they were smart enough to raise the average of the school. "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." Again, it should fall to the parents to set the ground work and enforce the consequences. "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." Completely different. Laws are necessary here because speeding may lead to harming someone else. Add in cell phone and driving, drinking and driving, and so on. "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/wisdom." Or to make accepting a Nanny State easier for each successive generation. J -- I think that I'm a better speechwriter than my speechwriters. I know more about policies on any particular issue than my policy directors. And I'll tell you right now that I'm gonna think I'm a better political director than my political director. - Barack Obama ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:331054 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
