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Preventing kids from walking down a public street is nearly as stupid as preventing mature women from doing so. Reminds me of Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia.
by xyzzy4 11y ago
Preventing kids from walking down a public street is nearly as stupid as preventing mature women from doing so. Reminds me of Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia.
- dudul 11y agoI'm a strong proponent of what is now called 'free-range' parenting (I just call it "normal parenting"), and think that kids should be allowed to walk around. But your comparison is ludicrous.
- zardo 11y agoIs it? I wouldn't think so if I got picked up by police on the way home from school, and they arrested my Mom for letting me walk on my own. It would be a gross overreach by the state into the lives of its people.
- x1798DE 11y agoBoth are oppressive, both are ostensibly done to protect the oppressed target (from rape and violence), both undercut the decisions of mature adults (women, parents). Seems like it's valid on at least a few dimensions. The major difference is that children grow up to be adults and are freed from the restrictions. If that is the most salient issue, then it's a bad analogy, but I don't think it's a "ludicrous" comparison.
- dudul 11y agoThe problem is mature women do not compare to children. It's like saying "forbidding children to vote is as stupid as forbidding women to vote". Children do not have the same legal status as grown ups. They can't drive, should they drive because mature women can drive? They can't watch porn, should they be allowed to watch porn because mature women can? Yes, kids not being allowed to walk down the street is stupid, but using the argument that mature women can do it so kids should be allowed to do it is not valid.
- ambrice 11y agoThank you for at least using Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia in your ridiculous analogy instead of Nazi Germany.