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You didn’t answer my question why can’t adults pick and choose what material is appropriate for their children only? If you don’t think it’s appropriate just do

You didn’t answer my question why can’t adults pick and choose what material is appropriate for their children only? If you don’t think it’s appropriate just don’t let your own children get their hands on it. I don’t understand why this has to be a debate. I’m actually not that invested in ideology or whatever. You’re prescribing something to me I don’t really care about. I’ve read the book for fun, as an adult, didn’t feel titillated or aroused at all. It’s about as sexual as putting a condom on a banana, and I was definitely doing that in highschool. But even then parents who were uncomfortable could sign a thing preventing their children from attending sex ed. I think we parents can do the same thing for sex ed related books! No big deal.

lelanthran 3y ago
> If you don’t think it’s appropriate just don’t let your own children get their hands on it. Society doesn't allow it. Porn operators get into legal trouble for allowing access to kids. Movie theatre operations get into serious trouble for allowing kids in to see movies they are not supposed to. Your argument of "let the kids have everything and make the parents perform the restrictions" is so stupid it's literally never been tried. > I’m actually not that invested in ideology or whatever. I find that hard to believe, considering a) you reacting to an "age-appropriate material" argument being no different from a reaction to "no sex ed" argument. and b) what you are proposing, in general, has literally never been successful before. ALL societies places restrictions on kids whether their parents like it or not. Some are more restrictive and some are less, but they all have restrictions exclusively for children.
- SamoyedFurFluff 3y ago
  Dude what are you talking about, I’m not talking about whether or not a kid can go in a strip club lol. I’m just saying if you don’t want your kid reading a book in a school library just talk to your librarian like a normal human being. Just like if you don’t want your kid participating in sex ed just sign a waiver. Equating sex ed with porn is weird but there are already avenues to exclude your child from it if you want to.
NoMoreNicksLeft 3y ago
> You didn’t answer my question why can’t adults pick and choose what material is appropriate for their children only? Because it is impossible on a practical level to do so with a public school system and a constant low-intensity campaign to infiltrate schools with pornographic garbage. How many hundreds of hours of spare time per year would a parent need to expend to discover the 3 books they don't personally want their child to be exposed to? For that matter, would their wishes even be respected? Or would we have school employees letting them read it on the sly, as some bizarrely-conceived revolution against the oppressors? There's more than enough evidence of schools taking the opportunity to hide disturbing developments about children from their own parents.

lelanthran 3y ago

> If you don’t think it’s appropriate just don’t let your own children get their hands on it. Society doesn't allow it. Porn operators get into legal trouble for allowing access to kids. Movie theatre operations get into serious trouble for allowing kids in to see movies they are not supposed to. Your argument of "let the kids have everything and make the parents perform the restrictions" is so stupid it's literally never been tried. > I’m actually not that invested in ideology or whatever. I find that hard to believe, considering a) you reacting to an "age-appropriate material" argument being no different from a reaction to "no sex ed" argument. and b) what you are proposing, in general, has literally never been successful before. ALL societies places restrictions on kids whether their parents like it or not. Some are more restrictive and some are less, but they all have restrictions exclusively for children.

SamoyedFurFluff 3y ago
Dude what are you talking about, I’m not talking about whether or not a kid can go in a strip club lol. I’m just saying if you don’t want your kid reading a book in a school library just talk to your librarian like a normal human being. Just like if you don’t want your kid participating in sex ed just sign a waiver. Equating sex ed with porn is weird but there are already avenues to exclude your child from it if you want to.

NoMoreNicksLeft 3y ago

> You didn’t answer my question why can’t adults pick and choose what material is appropriate for their children only? Because it is impossible on a practical level to do so with a public school system and a constant low-intensity campaign to infiltrate schools with pornographic garbage. How many hundreds of hours of spare time per year would a parent need to expend to discover the 3 books they don't personally want their child to be exposed to? For that matter, would their wishes even be respected? Or would we have school employees letting them read it on the sly, as some bizarrely-conceived revolution against the oppressors? There's more than enough evidence of schools taking the opportunity to hide disturbing developments about children from their own parents.