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> inappropriate conduct with children Please specify, precisely, what can and cannot be discussed within the bounds of universal appropriateness with children
by tomrod 4y ago
> inappropriate conduct with children
Please specify, precisely, what can and cannot be discussed within the bounds of universal appropriateness with children under the age of 10. If your response is not universal, then you simply reveal that the law under discussion is authoritarian and has no business existing.
Children under the age of 10 can be victims of abuse. Most kids by age 10 have a rough idea about the mechanics of sex. Children can live in homes with loved ones who are gay, lesbian, transgender, asexual, intersex, queer, and more. Children may themselves be homosexual and realize this about themselves before age 10.
An authoritarian approach is to ban discussion and attempt to wrest control in domains the state has no business being in.
A wiser approach is to lay down recommended principles, and allow common law to adopt those which actually are useful for the society of the governed.
- zmgsabst 4y agoThe job of government is to establish common norms for appropriate behavior — from murder to inappropriate conduct with children. There is no universal morality and this is within the bounds of what laws already do: Regulate the conduct of a licensed profession in their conduct with children. I agree the state has no business in this area — which is why this law prohibits certain conduct at places the state obligates children to attend. Nobody is saying children can’t have those things, discuss them with families, friends, etc. This is a restriction on teachers, to maintain professional behavior with young children.
- scarface74 4y agoSo do you think the same people would object to “good Christian values”? Teaching about the “traditional nuclear family”?
- tomrod 4y agoThanks for comfirming the point that the universality of the bill in unachievable, thus making the don't say gay bill straight up bad, authoritatian policy.