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Originally Posted by aka123
And not just for the kids. I am sure that for you too it would be much safer if you don't be out after dark. 
By the way, usually parents are the ones to set the rules. Some driving example wont quite apply for restricting general movement and being. |
if parents parented, then of course we wouldn't need to govern their children. But the fact is many parents don't parent.
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Originally Posted by MrBottomTooth
Well where do you draw the line? How many more laws do we need? Why don't they just make it so everyone has to stay at home in a padded room when they are not at work or school?
Personally I think they crossed the line of no return when they started making kids wear those gay helmets when riding bikes that offer almost no protection and saddled them with a $100+ fine if they got caught without them.
The last thing we need is more laws in place to protect us from ourselves. Especially when you can get up to a $500 fine for your kid being out past 9 PM. Just my opinion.
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Drawing the line here is a rhetorical question, how would I know what sort of shit pops up that needs to be governed in the future? I can tell you this, this country is safer for many people due to laws such as not letting kids drive with 2+ kids in the car. same with curfews, in whatever limited application they are. I'm not sure why anyone thinks kids/children SHOULD have free reign, you know, just because more laws suck.
It's weird to me that people don't get what baddog already brought up, there have been curfew laws on the books for decades and decades. the reasons for them are more valid now than ever. we have 350 million people living here, let's just let everyone, including drivers in training drive on either side of the road they feel like at any fucking speed they want.