"underage people cybering with overage people? Do you think it's OK so long as they don't give their real age and seem mature? Or do you think there should be some measure (such as ...?) requiring they give notice of their age first, to protect a possible conviction against an adult who isn't really a pedophile and doesn't want to have to register as a sex offender for the rest of their life?"
Here's the ultimate no-brainer--Don't do this really stupid thing. Underage--I'm picking 18 years of age--people don't have all their brains yet--I teach high school and god love 'em--if they had all their brains, there wouldn't be teen preggers, devastating car wrecks, drug/gang deaths, a lot of the really awful things resulting from decisions made by children and don't let those large bodies fool you--they are children. Age and treachery, the saying goes, overcomes youth and skill. Stands to reason we as a world community need to protect children, mine, yours, all ours! Me personally, everyway, believe that it's just bad taste to send out pictures of your goods to anyone--becos one can doesn't mean one ought. And yes, the youngers are way smarter about getting around the protections--we have to be grown-up becos we are the big people! okay--off my soapbox--worth exactly what you paid for it--thanks.
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Date: 2009-05-26 02:46 am (UTC)Here's the ultimate no-brainer--Don't do this really stupid thing. Underage--I'm picking 18 years of age--people don't have all their brains yet--I teach high school and god love 'em--if they had all their brains, there wouldn't be teen preggers, devastating car wrecks, drug/gang deaths, a lot of the really awful things resulting from decisions made by children and don't let those large bodies fool you--they are children.
Age and treachery, the saying goes, overcomes youth and skill. Stands to reason we as a world community need to protect children, mine, yours, all ours! Me personally, everyway, believe that it's just bad taste to send out pictures of your goods to anyone--becos one can doesn't mean one ought. And yes, the youngers are way smarter about getting around the protections--we have to be grown-up becos we are the big people! okay--off my soapbox--worth exactly what you paid for it--thanks.