Comment by codedokode
1 day ago
I think, the best way to keep children from dangerous content is large fines for parents, for example, $4000 for every adult video their child was traumatized by due to their negligence. 50% of the fine is shared with the person who reported the violation (including site operators). After all being a parent is a responsibility.
Such law would not cause inconvenience to normal Internet users without children, would provide additional source of income for vigilant people and underpaid school staff, and would result in much higher degree of compliance. Why you guys don't elect people like me.
Don't you think our society has already pushed too far in the direction of mandated helicopter parenting? You can hardly let your kids play independently nowadays in the US without getting a CPS check-up due to someone believing kids should be on leashes; what your proposing is significantly more draconian
Maybe, but why normal people without children need to experience inconvenience, Internet restrictions and verifications just because there are a minority of negligent parents? Children are parents responsibility. Instead of banning adult sites, is not it better to ban families with children from Internet? Make some family-friendly Internet and let them all go there and not bother normal people.
You are punching down instead of up. The problem is not children, or parents, but the state trying to enforce restrictions.
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I originally read your previous post as sarcasm (hard to tell on the web) but now I see you're describing an absolute hellhole without a hint of irony
> let them all go there and not bother normal people.
The normal state does include people with children.
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Becuae if it wasn't the kids it'd be drug dealers. If it wasn't drug dealers it'd be terrorist. If it wasn't terrorists it be Nazis.
This isn't about kids. It's about control and the people too stupid to give it to policians.
For some reason everyone has something that turns their brain off and makes them happily turn over freedom to people who hate them.