After the age of 13, any child in the united states can legally seek to be removed from their parents custody. A judge will decide if they are responsible enough to be on their own. So even if they are on their own, they still have to have someone older (Judges have to be above 25, afaik...) and hopefully wiser to help them along the way.
I strongly believe in the first amendment, and I agree that free speech is good... but if you wanna argue constitutionality....
The constitution was designed by people in the 1700's. They designed it as a document to guide people that were capable of rational, common sense, thought. They didn't design it for a culture where people have no idea if stepping in front of a train is a good or bad idea, and people who think that putting their hand in a fire won't get them burned.
I've read Jon Katz's articles, and I've seen them be good, bad, horrible... and I gotta say, this last one is probably the least thought out one I've ever seen. Yes, kids are going to whine about going to movies. Yes, some adults think that the kids should be allowed to see whatever they want.
Some adults also believe that their kids can't decide what movies to watch without their permission, and HOPE that the theater will help them enforce this decision by not letting their underage kids into any movie they want to go to.
I like Jon, I've liked a lot of his articles... but this one is crazy. If he wants to post something, why can't he have someone involved in real life (read CmdrTaco or Hemos) check it out first?
Ummm... is there any REAL information out there?
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I worked in political campaigns for 4 years... promoing bills that I felt were right. Now, the problem with that is, after working on a bill that passed, we found out that the president/house/senate had added, removed, or in some way butchered the bill so it no longer did what it was supposed to, or it did something bad. Line item veto takes care of getting rid of the real point, and just keeping the pork.
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After the age of 13, any child in the united states can legally seek to be removed from their parents custody. A judge will decide if they are responsible enough to be on their own. So even if they are on their own, they still have to have someone older (Judges have to be above 25, afaik...) and hopefully wiser to help them along the way.
I strongly believe in the first amendment, and I agree that free speech is good... but if you wanna argue constitutionality....
The constitution was designed by people in the 1700's. They designed it as a document to guide people that were capable of rational, common sense, thought. They didn't design it for a culture where people have no idea if stepping in front of a train is a good or bad idea, and people who think that putting their hand in a fire won't get them burned.
Let the flambe begin.
I've read Jon Katz's articles, and I've seen them be good, bad, horrible... and I gotta say, this last one is probably the least thought out one I've ever seen. Yes, kids are going to whine about going to movies. Yes, some adults think that the kids should be allowed to see whatever they want.
Some adults also believe that their kids can't decide what movies to watch without their permission, and HOPE that the theater will help them enforce this decision by not letting their underage kids into any movie they want to go to.
I like Jon, I've liked a lot of his articles... but this one is crazy. If he wants to post something, why can't he have someone involved in real life (read CmdrTaco or Hemos) check it out first?
The subject says it all.
Thank you for pointing out something I forgot.
someone Mod my comment out of existance, plz.
I worked in political campaigns for 4 years... promoing bills that I felt were right. Now, the problem with that is, after working on a bill that passed, we found out that the president/house/senate had added, removed, or in some way butchered the bill so it no longer did what it was supposed to, or it did something bad. Line item veto takes care of getting rid of the real point, and just keeping the pork.
Yes, and I think we should do it gently, without flaming them until they scorch.
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Advocacy is good. Flaming is the easiest way to keep them from even thinking about linux in the future.
Flame >
Eh, paint me stupid. I looked but couldn't find em.
Hm, I wonder if these are gonna be more of those "It's designed for a 66mhz bus, but it's running at 100". Are there any product comparisons out yet?