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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
As to children, it's not actually a matter of "offending" them. Parents (their guardians) have a right to dictate what their children are exposed to, supposedly under the theory that the children are not yet mature enough to properly understand or appreciate some content.
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Are we cool with this? You say "supposedly," Steve, so I figure you've got some reservations about the universal applicability of parents and guardians acting as censors on their children until the point they're "no longer children." This "right" has usually seemed problematic to me: the state often invests directly in the individuals which comprise it, so does that investment entitle the state or its representatives any control over what the children are exposed to?