deathvalleyjake wrote:No child under the age of fifteen should be allowed to operate a motorized vehicle. Period. That should be a legal absolute. Any parent who allows their child under the age of fifteen to operate a motorized vehicle should be be charged with negligence and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Repeat offenders should serve time in prison. Before we ever again talk about protecting children from imaginary dangers or something naughty that they might see in a movie or on a computer screen, we should create laws which protect them from real threats! That's what a sane society would do, but who am I kidding? We don't live in a sane society or anything that's even close to a sane society. Imaginary threats seem real to many people and real threats are causually ignored by many in this world.
deathvalleyjake wrote:No child under the age of fifteen should be allowed to operate a motorized vehicle. Period. That should be a legal absolute. Any parent who allows their child under the age of fifteen to operate a motorized vehicle should be be charged with negligence and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Repeat offenders should serve time in prison. Before we ever again talk about protecting children from imaginary dangers or something naughty that they might see in a movie or on a computer screen, we should create laws which protect them from real threats! That's what a sane society would do, but who am I kidding? We don't live in a sane society or anything that's even close to a sane society. Imaginary threats seem real to many people and real threats are causually ignored by many in this world.
Sparky of SoCal wrote:deathvalleyjake wrote:No child under the age of fifteen should be allowed to operate a motorized vehicle. Period. That should be a legal absolute. Any parent who allows their child under the age of fifteen to operate a motorized vehicle should be be charged with negligence and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Repeat offenders should serve time in prison. Before we ever again talk about protecting children from imaginary dangers or something naughty that they might see in a movie or on a computer screen, we should create laws which protect them from real threats! That's what a sane society would do, but who am I kidding? We don't live in a sane society or anything that's even close to a sane society. Imaginary threats seem real to many people and real threats are casually ignored by many in this world.
Your kidding right?
deathvalleyjake wrote:Sparky of SoCal wrote:deathvalleyjake wrote:No child under the age of fifteen should be allowed to operate a motorized vehicle. Period. That should be a legal absolute. Any parent who allows their child under the age of fifteen to operate a motorized vehicle should be be charged with negligence and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Repeat offenders should serve time in prison. Before we ever again talk about protecting children from imaginary dangers or something naughty that they might see in a movie or on a computer screen, we should create laws which protect them from real threats! That's what a sane society would do, but who am I kidding? We don't live in a sane society or anything that's even close to a sane society. Imaginary threats seem real to many people and real threats are casually ignored by many in this world.
Your kidding right?
Kids under fifteen should spend more time walking or riding bicycles. Have you noticed how many fat and out-of-shape kids there are nowadays? Moreover, they are a safety hazard when they operate motorized vehicles on paved roads. Around the Trona and Ridgecrest area they routinely break speed limits and run stop signs. When they're in the desert they churn up tons of dust and make ridiculous amounts of noise. On top of all that the injury and death rate is extremely high. They are a danger to themselves and to others. There is no good reason for a child under fifteen to operate a motorized vehicle. Period. (The only possible exception might be in an agricultural situation where kids are helping parents on a family-run farm, but that kind of situation seldom applies in the desert.)
To add insult to injury, we hear all the time about the dangers of the internet or porn or you name it. Those dangers are infinitesimally tiny compared to the dangers associated with the operation of a motorized vehicle. So, if we're going to obsess over something, it might as well be a real danger as opposed to an imaginary danger.
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