Pervert fears cast doubt on plans to lower voting age

[Ravi]

Do we or do we not continuosly warn our kids about posting their privat information on line? Now it will be there for all to see.

There is no other place where this information can be gotten?

Anyway, pedos aren't exactly attracted to sixteen year olds.

 

[Avatar4321]

Maybe I am just ignorant of the way a pervert's mind works, but are they really going to look up the information on public registries? How accessible are these? Wouldnt they just target people they already know?

 

[Shogun]

Major Issues:

Chat rooms are a growing in popularity on the Internet. Children sign on looking to meet new friends or to communicate with old friends. These chat rooms can pose a huge threat to children if they are not careful, as some pedophiles use chat rooms to victimize children. According to the FBI, pedophiles go into chat rooms looking to uncover personal information about children. Often times, pedophiles set up a false profile to appear more attractive to children. This fabricated information can be about their age, sex, location, appearance, personal interests, and any other information which can lure a child into trusting them. Pedophiles hide behind the anonymity of the Internet. After gaining the trust of a child, pedophiles then try top initiate physical contact with the child. Pedophiles have been known to setup a rendezvous point to meet their prey. In fact, according to a 2000 FBI survey, “the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, newspapers, and other law-enforcement sources identified almost 800 cases, confirmed or under investigation, involving adults traveling to or luring youth they first ‘met’ on the Internet for criminal sexual activities” (Ruben Rodriguez, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, personal communication, April 3, 2000). Tragically, the unsuspected child then meets this predator under the false assumption that he or she is close in age with the child. While this might seem like an unlikely scenario, The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children conducted a 1999 survey of 1,500 teens and preteens and found that one in five had received a sexual solicitation over the Internet. Here are some statistics from A Report on the Nation’s Youth completed by CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN RESEARCH CENTER in 2000:

https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/hadowns/www/pedophilia2.htm

 

[Amanda]

Their is a reason 16 year olds don't have the smae rights as adults Amanda thank you for so fully demonstrating it.

I think you missed my point, but it's hard to tell if you missed it or just don't have a good response. Flatly saying, without even attempting to explain why you feel that way, that my behavior shows something is pretty empty and lame. If you want to invest yourself a little in the conversation I'd like to hear your opinion, but your opinion spouted without any thing to back it up isn't really worth considering.

 

[Toro]

Amanda, you aren't doing yourself any favours here.You are either to honest for your own good which would make you a slut of the highest order or you are a liar.Either way you are hardly a glowing advert for youth rights with your "I fucked just about every guy I ever met" behaviour.

I can hardly believe what I read in your posts "I would have been a stripper at 16" .For **** sake, you sound like an acting out petulant child.

I know a lot of guys who would **** just about every girl they met if they were given the opportunity.

(I was going to type "teenage guys" but then realized it's probably most "guys.")

 

[Shogun]

I know a lot of guys who would **** just about every girl they met if they were given the opportunity.

(I was going to type "teenage guys" but then realized it's probably most "guys.")

what? would you **** a 14 year old girl if "given the opportunity"? 16?

 

[jillian]

I think you missed my point, but it's hard to tell if you missed it or just don't have a good response. Flatly saying, without even attempting to explain why you feel that way, that my behavior shows something is pretty empty and lame. If you want to invest yourself a little in the conversation I'd like to hear your opinion, but your opinion spouted without any thing to back it up isn't really worth considering.

res ipsa loquitur

 

[Amanda]

res ipsa loquitur

Run out of ways to call me stupid in English?

 

[jillian]

Run out of ways to call me stupid in English?

I didn't call you stupid. I assumed you would google. I'm not the one making you look stupid. You make yourself look like a very immature, petulent child with very poor judgment.

now go google.

 

[Amanda]

I didn't call you stupid. I assumed you would google. I'm not the one making you look stupid. You make yourself look like a very immature, petulent child with very poor judgment.

now go google.

That may be true, but many of you make yourselves look like very immature, petulant overgrown children that never learned the lessons that gave you the wisdom you mistakenly believe you possess.

And yes, you did call me stupid. Think about it, it may come to you. In fact, if you think I don't know how to use Google then you did it twice.

 

[del]

Her meaning was that no minimum age limit was set by the Twenty-Sixth Amendment. It sets no minimum voting age; it merely stipulates that no age above 18 can be set by any state.

whatever you say, einstein.

 

[jillian]

yeah, figures you wouldnt get it

another thing typical for morons is attacking someone that was actually deffending them

YMMV

was a bit of a left-handed compliment in that defense, though.

 

[jillian]

That may be true, but many of you make yourselves look like very immature, petulant overgrown children that never learned the lessons that gave you the wisdom you mistakenly believe you possess.

And yes, you did call me stupid. Think about it, it may come to you. In fact, if you think I don't know how to use Google then you did it twice.

if you think saying res ipsa loquitur had anything to do with calling you stupid, then you might want to re-think how you're "defending" yourself.

 

[catzmeow]

To get back to youth rights... I wouldn't have been a slut of the highest order if I would have been allowed to have a real life when i was 14 or 15 or 16. I was bored because I was an adult and I wasn't allowed to be one. I know you all think kids are dumb as a sack of hammers at 14 but we aren't. I realize now that people live up to the expectations we put on them. Most kids are stupid kids because that's what's expected of them. I don't think everyone should be granted adult status when they hit 14 anymore than I think they should at 18. I think there should be a better way of figuring it out, but penalizing everyone under 18 isn't the answer, IMO.

None of us thinks this, not at all. None of us thinks that youth at ages 14-17 shouldn't have adult rights because they are stupid. Many of us believe, however, that the lives of most 14-17 year olds would not be improved by saddling them with adult responsibilities. Furthermore, for those who would be, they can go to court and show why they should be cut loose from their parents' responsibility.

Truthfully, I've met very few teenagers who wanted to be completely responsible for their own lives at 14.

 

[catzmeow]

I understood the article. What I didn't anticipate is that any poster would have been indoctrinated thoroughly enough to be unable to recognize such idiocy.

Impressive rebuttal. That the best you got to counter the idea that it would be best if the private information of 14-year-olds weren't posted online?

 

[ignatov]

Garyd: "As far as I'm concerned you don't get a vote til you start paying all your own bills by the sweat of your brow."

In Garyland, rich people who inherit fortunes should be forever denied the vote.

Hmm... Now that I think about it, maybe not a bad idea.

 

[Toro]

what? would you **** a 14 year old girl if "given the opportunity"? 16?

God no. Children are the biggest turn-off IMHO. Plus, I'm married, so all other women are out for me.

I'm just saying that when it comes to being promiscuous, guys are far worse than girls. Half the Internet is dedicated to pornography, and it ain't women driving that demand.

 

[KittenKoder]

What I find funny is that we as a society are opting for oppression in place of education.

 

[Gunny]

Pervert fears cast doubt on plans to lower voting age - Scotsman.com News



Hell, I wish I could say that I've never encountered such asinine idiocy, but unfortunately, that's not the case.

Regardless...

The only assinine idiot around here would be some whiney-ass brat that thinks laws should be changed to reflect his personal desires, regardless the consequences.

And, artard, don't whine to me anymore about the personal attacks. Your lame attempt to draw first blood here is on record for any and all to see.

 

[Ravi]

What I find funny is that we as a society are opting for oppression in place of education.

It's been that way for a very long time.