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minus-square@ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish79•8 months agoTelling 15 year-olds what to do famously always works.
minus-square@SleafordMod@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglish2•8 months agoBy that logic we shouldn’t ban anything for teenagers. But we do: smoking, gambling, alcohol, etc.
minus-square@ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•8 months agoTeenagers do all those things constantly.
minus-square@SleafordMod@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglish1•8 months agoThey do those things to some degree, but those things remain banned for under 18s, which I suppose reduces harm, even if it doesn’t fully eliminate harm.
Telling 15 year-olds what to do famously always works.
exactly
By that logic we shouldn’t ban anything for teenagers. But we do: smoking, gambling, alcohol, etc.
Teenagers do all those things constantly.
They do those things to some degree, but those things remain banned for under 18s, which I suppose reduces harm, even if it doesn’t fully eliminate harm.