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budududuroiuyesterday at 7:06 AM2 repliesview on HN

> What you're saying is we should allow kids to buy tobacco, to gamble, to purchase Meth and Heroine because Kids get around restrictions anyway

This is false equivalence. All of the above are vices that objectively carry more harm than good. There's no inherent harm in using a computer, there's a subset of ways in which using a computer can be harmful, which kids can be taught how to avoid or navigate, there's no subset of meth use that isn't harmful


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gzreadyesterday at 12:48 PM

Well then it's good then computer will have the option to disable the harmful stuff, so a parent can let a kid use the good stuff without the harmful stuff.

heavyset_goyesterday at 11:06 AM

Desoxyn (methamphetamine) is prescribed for ADHD and is indicated for children