Underage and Drugs (split from: Under age people viewing what they should not)

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Exactly!! Why aren't you asking where the hell are their parents? If they are wandering here where you think the subject matter iffy, imagine the other sites they are going up on.
Why aren't you bitching about alla the drug info forums that they can access. I wonder why you think that is OK but nudity and sexually explicit questions are not.

Like it has been said, this is not a U.S. based website and the laws differ in other countries, in other words they are more reality based about what young adults can or cannot view. Better here than other sites where its more like chaos and no caring or a less personal attitude.

p.s. I always knew what my kids were doing on the net, very easy to monitor...can you say responsible parenting? I know you can~! (ty Mr. Rogers for that line)

 

No kidding!

 

drugs are a matter of opinion. as is this.


EMINENCE FRONT OOOHA YEEER

 

For the record, I have no axe to grind with regard to drugs. I've smoked pot in the past though I no longer do for a variety of reasons. While I do have the very occasional beer or two I can attest to the FACT that alcohol is far more dangerous substance than weed. If we are to prohibit substances based on the incidence of abuse we should start with sugar and go from there. The frank discussion (of pot) is refreshing and in my opinion healthy.

Anyhow...

Expanding (or attempting to) on what I posted... I find it bizarre at the very least that someone would select nude photos as the matter of offense prompting them to leave the site. I suppose that it's a uniquely American brand of purintanical self-righteousness that would taint the image of an unclothed human body with the notion of "sinful". The associated unease with which our culture approaches the topic encourages repression of individual sexuality. Eventually this has to come out in one form or another. I wonder how my country's rape and child abuse/molestation rates compare to those of the rest of the world.

It's amusing that this cultural repression perpetuates markets for the very things civic leaders decry like strip clubs and pornography. Alot boils down to the fact that many adults think kids are idiots. I was watching TV and came across a psychologist giving advice for when a child might have a bad teacher... he was saying how to get facts from children whose "little minds twist things around".... I almost killed my TV then. Most young people are at least as sharp as the condescending adults around them and the reason their "little minds" twist things aound is beacaus they've been taught to do so! Fact-twisting is a bona fide talent that takes time to perfect. I doubt that it takes very long for alot of young people to figure out that most of the folks in charge of their life; parents, teachers, guardians, are little more than bullshit artists. It's gotta be tough to sustain the appearance of respect for someone who doesn't respect your mental capacity enough to feed you the truth.

In my opinion the "Tallcoolone" reflected our cultural wrinkle in his posting habits.... while he posted quite prominently in the nude picture threads, when he caught on to the fact that "minors" also had access he decided to boycott the site. The basic underlying question of "why is it good for you and not for me?" never has a good answer... but I would wager that many of our problems would alleviate themselves if more people were brought up with a more honest view of among other things, human sexuality.

My apologies for rambling.

 

I'm in total agreement. My point was more about the focus of his complaint. My children have always been well informed individuals and I believe that its imperative to be able to make good personal choices.

 

How do you feel about them experimenting with drugs?

 

being brought up really good and clever is not worth all the bullying and depression compared to ppl who are down to earth and dont care about drugs effects etc who enjoy freedom from parents etc. I hate these nobs who say "my mum taught me to me good and gives me pefect diet because she wants me to be healthy and drugs are WRONG and ALCOHOL AND SEX are tarty" I HATE EM !!!

 

i always knowwhat my kids are watching and what they are doing on the computer as i take an intrest and if we watch telly we watch together ..........to be honest i prefer to get them out doors its much better for them

 

I've resigned to the idea that my kids will probally do drugs one day, will probally have risky sex, and will probally drink irresponsiby; If they can keep themselves safe and out of trouble then I think things will be ok.

 

Information is power and restricting information is tyranny - I may have that put in my obit - sums up my feelings 100%

 

that's kind of senseless: if they were to do those things, how are they keeping themselves safe and out of trouble?

 

the world aint perfect mate... and you learn a valuable lesson through big mistakes. like your first super-pukin-up-all night hangover moment. i think thats what s/he means.

 

I agree..we can only do so much to keep our kids safe or from doing things that they shouldn't. So lets just do what we can. And if its still an issue after you've done everthing in your power to been a good, attentive parent...deal with the situation as calmly as possible. Basically what i'm trying to say is you have to take it one step at a time. But, that just imho. I know parenting styles differ, and i respect that. ::ends rambling::
.peace.love.thought.
-cara-

 

Instead of shielding those "helpless little minors" from the unspeakable horrors of whatever is deemed offensive how about equipping them with the wisdom to deal with it in an appropriate manner!

 

You cant keep ur kids from doing drugs or having sex
all u can do is hope that what u have tought them as they were younger
they will listen to that, u cant not let them go nowhere or anything that
would make it worse. Yes, kids are gonna experiement and u can keep them out of trouble there whole life, u've just got to let them go and hope they will choose to do the right thing that's all u can do is HOPE!

 

Exactly! I rarely had to say no to my kids because of just that reason. My biggest thing was to be an informed consumer and moderation.

 

You can do drugs safely...
There are levels of irresponsible drinking (e.g. drinking until you vomit and pass out v.s. drinking and driving)
Hopefully they won't have TOO MUCH risky sex!

 

I honestly think that Marijuana is NOT a drug. It's an herb given to us by nature. It has properties like asprin, but is more powerful. The most important thing is to not abuse it's power. There is nothing wrong with a low tollerance. I love it. A few years ago it took about 5 bongloads to get the feeling. When you cut back and treat it as you should, you smoke much less to feel high and there other benefits aswell. Marijuana should not be concidered a drug, but I went to jail for it. How unfair.

 

Nature gave us arsenic.

(Don't anyone DARE flame me...I support the use of pot...just claiming it's from nature doesn't mean it's for you to ingest.)