V chip (was: Going totally OT )

From: Dave McGuire <mcguire_at_neurotica.com>
Date: Fri Feb 11 17:25:03 2000

On February 11, John Wilson wrote:
> Anyway this is all just another attempt to idiot-proof the world. Instead of
> just sitting down with their kids at a young age and explaining what sex
> is and why it should be taken seriously, the lazy absentee parents think
> the right thing is for their kids to be prevented at all costs from even
> looking down in the bath tub, so that they have no idea what's really going
> on, and it all comes as a total shock to them when they turn 18.

  Exactly. This government is very big on "protecting the stupid".
Personally, I see it as "fighting Darwin"...natural selection can do
the right thing if left to its own devices.

  Now, I don't have kids, so I'll not pretend to be an authority on
the subject...but it seems logical to me that keeping them informed
will go a lot farther than censoring the world for them.

  How many people here *really* learned about the "birds & bees" from
their parents?

  Wow, this IS off-topic!

            -Dave McGuire
Received on Fri Feb 11 2000 - 17:25:03 GMT