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dparkyesterday at 5:21 PM4 repliesview on HN

So do you want 5 year olds driving on the highway and 8 year olds doing shots of tequila or are you ageist?

Or perhaps protecting kids isn’t really ageism at all.


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pseudalopexyesterday at 6:58 PM

Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize.[1]

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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kpsyesterday at 7:01 PM

If the 5-year-old has passed a proper driving test, why not?

IAmBroomyesterday at 5:59 PM

Quit arguing as though the topic is binary. It's not.

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Forgeties79yesterday at 5:44 PM

It depends on what you're depriving them of too. Those are very extreme examples with little to no upside.

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