That's just a slippery slope to accepting the paternalism of the state, man. This thread continues to deliver.
On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 3:06 PM, Softy <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yes, Yes I am. > Let's be more specific. > Child: a minor under custodianship of another. > Supervision: providing meaningful oversight. > > No child would rightfully be raised without supervision - you don't let > toddlers walk across the street, you don't let 6 year olds watch porn, and > you don't let teens go to the local pub (okay, last one is location > dependent). Are you committing child-porn when you oversee your 2 year old > dressing? Are you censoring their ability to dress themselves by helping > them choose (weather, etc) appropriate clothes? > > Many things in life, while we are growing and becoming mature (a process > lasting well into our mid-20s), require oversight. Both for safely and > utility. We can pretend otherwise at our and the child's own peril. Go > ahead and let your child smoke cigs, watch porn and read reddit; it's your > child - do as you feel best - I suspect my child will find yours to be .... > socially repugnant. > > The point is blanket statements like you made are corrosive to the > understanding of the discussion. Unfettered support of "the child" in all > situations is counterproductive. > > Don't get going on "Parents don't always know best" ... true, they don't - > but as long as Society allows any person in any circumstance to _have_ a > child without any sort of parenting training, oversight, counselling, then > Society must allow that person the ability to _raise_ their child. For > better or ill. > > > > > > Claiming a child merits access - with or without supervision - can only >> be >> > made by the primary custodians of the child. >> > >> > Um, I'm sure this is me just having trouble understanding, but are you >> saying that a parent has a perfectly legitimate right to spy on and censor >> a child's communication? >> > > -- Twitter <https://twitter.com/tbiehn> | LinkedIn <http://www.linkedin.com/in/travisbiehn> | GitHub <http://github.com/tbiehn> | TravisBiehn.com <http://www.travisbiehn.com> | Google Plus <https://plus.google.com/+TravisBiehn>
