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ROFLMAO - Hey wait a minute! Thats not FUNNY http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon8.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

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I thought it was very funny. It would definately explain alot, wouldn't it? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

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I think it comes down to two problems:

1) Parents don't protect their kids from things they should, and
2) Parents protect their kids from things they shouldn't.

Germs/dirt? Evilwickedbad. Break out the hand sanitizer and Lysol.
Sex? Oh, let 'em make their own choices. They need all the available information to decide, even if they are just 5.
Chores? Avoid like the plague. You wouldn't want to warp them by holding them personally responsible for helping at home.
Profanity? Why not? The little buggers are just expressing themselves.
Restricting activities or friends? You can't do that! You have no right to decide what's right or wrong for your child!
Immediate gratification of all desires? Well, they deserve it, don't they? After all, it helps make up for the fact you're never home.

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Yea I've heard this arguement before and find it annoying, mostly cause some other A-hole on this board once use that comparison to take a cheap shot at me and it is a meaningless comparison.

I mean if your gonna claim cars are as dangerous or more dangerous than guns make sure you collect some stats on how many lives automobiles save. You know like that ambulance or fire engine that comes and saves your life. or the doctor that uses his car to get to work instead of walking and arriving after the patient dies etc etc etc etc etc.

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Or the number of guns used to stop robberies, home invasions, etc..

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David G I cannot believe you called me an A-hole.... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...s/confused.gif "some other A-hole"

I am upset. Well just for that your going to have to go to a ball game this summer for sure.

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p.s. i am not upset...

On the Car end... you can also look at how the car has helped design urban sprawl and all the problems associated with that.

P.P.S. I do not like guns either. To me they have no use in our society in the cities.

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Some people should not have children.

But now we have so many laws on the books that a good parent cannot discipline their child without loosing them and being charged with a crime. No wonder more and more kids are going up with an "I don't Give A S**t" attitude.

I honestly believe that the STATE has no right to interfere with a family unless there is clear-cut evidence of neglect, abuse, or abandonment. Right now they get involved at a drop of the hat and kids know this and use it to their advantage to get what they want.

I think Robin Williams said it best: "Why you little Ba!" "HIt me and I will right a book!"

We have to many laws that do nothing but protect us from doing the right thing when the right thing is the only thing that matters. The tried and true method of spanking has worked for centuries, but only in the Last 20 years has the establishment ruled that that methods of discipline to be illegal.

When I was growing up, if I did something bad, like paint obscenities on a wall or something similar, I would have gotten my arse spanked and spanked hard. Today the parent would go to jail for not supervising the child, the child would go into therapy and society would blame his behavior on violent video games and Rap music.

I can go on and on about this and even point the finger squarely at those responsible for this, however that would accomplish nothing so why bother. There are still some good people out there who do what they can to instill ethics and morals into their children and I pray that God has their backs because society sure as hell doesn't.

[ April 05, 2004, 04:17: Message edited by: Atrocities ]

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My opinion:

Here in the LAND OF LIBERTY, I think it is utter BS to have laws against:

Leaving your kids in the car.
Not wearing a seatbelt.
Not wearing a bike helmet.

Education is how you get people to behave prudently. Here in the LAND OF THE FREE, laws like these should not exist.

PvK

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Yes, I hate that law about the seat belt.

I understand a law when it protects others from me, but a law that supposely protects me from myself its a violation of my freedom. I have never used seatbelts, and I will not use them. Period.