It's not just me. It's not just one mom. It's not just DeSantis. It's the majority of parents who don't want their kids to be exposed to graphic descriptions and pictures of sexual activity such as are in these books. These aren't dry academic descriptions.Ken wrote: ↑Fri Apr 12, 2024 6:17 pmIn this country we don't give one person veto power over what all children are able to have access to.Outsider wrote: ↑Fri Apr 12, 2024 3:15 pmSo let them buy the books from the bookstore for their kids. Most parents don't want their elementary and middle-school children reading sexually explicit books and graphic novels. Why should the majority subsidize a minority's values?
And if you don't know what's in the books the parents are protesting, how can you even weigh in on the matter?
Where exactly is the pornographic content in the Bible? "Ham uncovered his father's nakedness"? "So-and-so knew his wife"? That's a far reach from the step-by-step eroticism and descriptions of the sex act in these books. These books read more like "Candy" or "My Secret Life"- and I can testify that the things they describe are even more disgusting than even that latter book, which I would have said was perhaps the most dirty book ever written. Did you hear the woman read the part about "feltching"? Do you think that's in any way comparable to the bible? And do you think it's in any way suitable for elementary school and middle-school kids?The Bible has pornographic and excessively violent content as well.
The Bible is more like a newspaper report on what happened, than a gory indulgence in the sensual experience of those things. You're comparing apples and oranges.If the Old Testament was a video game it would receive a Mature 17+ rating for all the violence, genocide, killing of babies, stoning of people, and so forth. Should we purge the Bible from public spaces and put it out of the reach of children? On the say so of one parent? Or does it maybe have some redeeming value anyways?
I am too. But I'm also in favor of arresting and locking up people like the tik-tokker urging kids to run away from home to be with their "sparkle family". And I'm in favor of putting pornographic sites behind a ".xxx" domain in order for them to be filtered at the provider level for subscribers who request such. And I'm in favor of an encrypted token with a biometric ID to access social media. And trashing the algorithm, as per your suggestion as well.I'm 100% in favor of giving parents more ability to control what their children have access to online. I have said so. I think parents should have more tools to manage what their children have access to. I don't necessarily think one parent should be entitled to make those decisions for others.
You claim that this is "intrusive", but my state requires a thumbprint when you get a state ID or driver's license already. How is putting your thumb on a sensor when you get your license any more intrusive than what they're already collecting? They already have all of your information. If you've taken a DNA test, they have that too. I assure you.