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> But privacy is a bug on a school laptop used by a child. What you're going to learn is how many people that think like this consider you to be in the same po
by fidotron 1y ago
> But privacy is a bug on a school laptop used by a child.
What you're going to learn is how many people that think like this consider you to be in the same position as the child.
- delichon 1y ago"The whole principle (censorship) is wrong; it's like demanding that grown men live on skim milk because the baby can't eat steak.” ― Robert A. Heinlein The opposite is true too. Infants shouldn't be handed knives because grown men need to cut their steak.
- CamperBob2 1y agoIt's more like, "Only licensed chefs need pointy knives, so the logical thing to do is ban pointy knives for everyone else."
- fidotron 1y agohttps://www.forbes.com/sites/ianmorris/2019/03/14/yes-a-politician-really-did-suggest-all-knives-should-have-gps-trackers-built-in/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/ianmorris/2019/03/14/yes-a-poli...
- teddyh 1y agoCigarette lighters and matches would probably be banned, or at least heavily restricted, if smoking had never been a thing.
- vorpalhex 1y agoHaving passed a toddler a steak knife, it's fine. There are even practice knifes for this purpose. (An infants hands are too small to hold a steak knife)
- Nevermark 1y ago> Having passed a toddler a steak knife, it's fine. That time. With that child. I don't think "a steak knife per toddler" is a scalable value proposition.
- vorpalhex 1y agoI disagree. Most children (including toddlers) can be taught quickly to safely handle even "scary knives" and controlled exposure to real tools with real consequences is actually high value. You can also give infants who are ready for food meat and other real foods, just keep in mind the lack of teeth.
- dartharva 1y agoIf we were to seriously take that advice, children wouldn't have access to laptops in the first pace, let alone "school" ones.