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The idea that a 14+ year-old human is a "child" is a ludicrous modern delusion. Less than a hundred years ago, they sailed the seas, fought in wars, etc.
by asciilifeform 17y ago
The idea that a 14+ year-old human is a "child" is a ludicrous modern delusion. Less than a hundred years ago, they sailed the seas, fought in wars, etc.
- branden 17y agoThose are some pretty crappy things to make kids do. I'm glad we stopped.
- asciilifeform 17y ago> to make kids do And now most people (including you) also deny that the "kids" possess free will. I argue that this act is far more cruel than hiring someone to sail. And once again you take our society's ludicrous definition of "kid" as a given, as though it were an obvious law of nature that we turn from livestock into human beings instantly at age 18.