Comments on: On protecting children and other bullshit excuses… http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/2007/05/31/on-protecting-children-and-other-bullshit-excuses/ Specializing in Bovine Fecal Detection Since January of 2002 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:29:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bridget http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/2007/05/31/on-protecting-children-and-other-bullshit-excuses/#comment-20013 Bridget Sat, 02 Jun 2007 14:03:13 +0000 http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/2007/05/31/on-protecting-children-and-other-bullshit-excuses/#comment-20013 My DH and I were having a very similar discussion last night. We used gay marriage as an example of our differing views (he's for it, I'm against it). Everyone has their own standards, and everyone has their own set of morals. This country is so big and diversified that we are not going to be able to please everyone, we are not going to be able to keep everyone from being offended. So how do we solve it? Majority rules. It's why we have votes. And this country's majority elected to have free speech. In most states an issue comes up (i.e. gay marriage), it is put to a vote. Everyone has the opportunity to vote (provided they do it legally) and let their voice be heard. Now if 85% of the state's population is against gay marriage, should the state legalize it to appease the 15% who are for it? Again, majority rules. That 15% is going to be offended. They are going to cry foul and that their rights are being trampled on. But this is just one of many examples I could use that will show that not everyone is going to be happy. Same with free speech. When this country was founded the majority wanted free speech. Majority ruled. Are there going to be people offended by what they hear and what they see (i.e. Don Imus and O&A). However, these people that are not part of the majority who are so utterly offended have the right to turn their attention somewhere else. They have the right to turn the channel, walk away, or even debate it verbally. It's their right. But an individual's self-perceived right does not trump the collective rights of the majority and how they voted. Not sure if I made sense on any of that as I am still quite tired (was a long night). Yes, I find porn offensive. No, I do not want my children exposed to it - in public, in private, on the internet, in magazines, etc. However, it is a type of free speech. I can not completely control what my children are exposed to when we leave my property. But, like you said, in my house I have the right to protect them as I see fit (i.e. internet and television parental controls). Not everyone is going to agree with how protective I am. That is their right to disagree. And it is their right to raise THEIR children how they want. It is not their right to tell me how to raise my children. My DH and I were having a very similar discussion last night. We used gay marriage as an example of our differing views (he’s for it, I’m against it). Everyone has their own standards, and everyone has their own set of morals. This country is so big and diversified that we are not going to be able to please everyone, we are not going to be able to keep everyone from being offended. So how do we solve it? Majority rules. It’s why we have votes. And this country’s majority elected to have free speech. In most states an issue comes up (i.e. gay marriage), it is put to a vote. Everyone has the opportunity to vote (provided they do it legally) and let their voice be heard. Now if 85% of the state’s population is against gay marriage, should the state legalize it to appease the 15% who are for it? Again, majority rules. That 15% is going to be offended. They are going to cry foul and that their rights are being trampled on. But this is just one of many examples I could use that will show that not everyone is going to be happy. Same with free speech. When this country was founded the majority wanted free speech. Majority ruled. Are there going to be people offended by what they hear and what they see (i.e. Don Imus and O&A). However, these people that are not part of the majority who are so utterly offended have the right to turn their attention somewhere else. They have the right to turn the channel, walk away, or even debate it verbally. It’s their right. But an individual’s self-perceived right does not trump the collective rights of the majority and how they voted.

Not sure if I made sense on any of that as I am still quite tired (was a long night). Yes, I find porn offensive. No, I do not want my children exposed to it – in public, in private, on the internet, in magazines, etc. However, it is a type of free speech. I can not completely control what my children are exposed to when we leave my property. But, like you said, in my house I have the right to protect them as I see fit (i.e. internet and television parental controls). Not everyone is going to agree with how protective I am. That is their right to disagree. And it is their right to raise THEIR children how they want. It is not their right to tell me how to raise my children.

]]> By: Bridget http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/2007/05/31/on-protecting-children-and-other-bullshit-excuses/#comment-192300 Bridget Sat, 02 Jun 2007 14:03:00 +0000 http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/2007/05/31/on-protecting-children-and-other-bullshit-excuses/#comment-192300 My DH and I were having a very similar discussion last night. We used gay marriage as an example of our differing views (he's for it, I'm against it). Everyone has their own standards, and everyone has their own set of morals. This country is so big and diversified that we are not going to be able to please everyone, we are not going to be able to keep everyone from being offended. So how do we solve it? Majority rules. It's why we have votes. And this country's majority elected to have free speech. In most states an issue comes up (i.e. gay marriage), it is put to a vote. Everyone has the opportunity to vote (provided they do it legally) and let their voice be heard. Now if 85% of the state's population is against gay marriage, should the state legalize it to appease the 15% who are for it? Again, majority rules. That 15% is going to be offended. They are going to cry foul and that their rights are being trampled on. But this is just one of many examples I could use that will show that not everyone is going to be happy. Same with free speech. When this country was founded the majority wanted free speech. Majority ruled. Are there going to be people offended by what they hear and what they see (i.e. Don Imus and O&A). However, these people that are not part of the majority who are so utterly offended have the right to turn their attention somewhere else. They have the right to turn the channel, walk away, or even debate it verbally. It's their right. But an individual's self-perceived right does not trump the collective rights of the majority and how they voted. Not sure if I made sense on any of that as I am still quite tired (was a long night). Yes, I find porn offensive. No, I do not want my children exposed to it - in public, in private, on the internet, in magazines, etc. However, it is a type of free speech. I can not completely control what my children are exposed to when we leave my property. But, like you said, in my house I have the right to protect them as I see fit (i.e. internet and television parental controls). Not everyone is going to agree with how protective I am. That is their right to disagree. And it is their right to raise THEIR children how they want. It is not their right to tell me how to raise my children. My DH and I were having a very similar discussion last night. We used gay marriage as an example of our differing views (he’s for it, I’m against it). Everyone has their own standards, and everyone has their own set of morals. This country is so big and diversified that we are not going to be able to please everyone, we are not going to be able to keep everyone from being offended. So how do we solve it? Majority rules. It’s why we have votes. And this country’s majority elected to have free speech. In most states an issue comes up (i.e. gay marriage), it is put to a vote. Everyone has the opportunity to vote (provided they do it legally) and let their voice be heard. Now if 85% of the state’s population is against gay marriage, should the state legalize it to appease the 15% who are for it? Again, majority rules. That 15% is going to be offended. They are going to cry foul and that their rights are being trampled on. But this is just one of many examples I could use that will show that not everyone is going to be happy. Same with free speech. When this country was founded the majority wanted free speech. Majority ruled. Are there going to be people offended by what they hear and what they see (i.e. Don Imus and O&A). However, these people that are not part of the majority who are so utterly offended have the right to turn their attention somewhere else. They have the right to turn the channel, walk away, or even debate it verbally. It’s their right. But an individual’s self-perceived right does not trump the collective rights of the majority and how they voted.

Not sure if I made sense on any of that as I am still quite tired (was a long night). Yes, I find porn offensive. No, I do not want my children exposed to it – in public, in private, on the internet, in magazines, etc. However, it is a type of free speech. I can not completely control what my children are exposed to when we leave my property. But, like you said, in my house I have the right to protect them as I see fit (i.e. internet and television parental controls). Not everyone is going to agree with how protective I am. That is their right to disagree. And it is their right to raise THEIR children how they want. It is not their right to tell me how to raise my children.

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