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To: trisham
Most children would either die or be incapacitated due to catastrophic injuries if they were allowed to do whatever they wanted.

The concepts of an age of reason, age of consent, age of legal adulthood, etc. are not arbitrary restraints. Just as a person's body grows, so does their intellectual and emotional capacities. Children are naturally incapable of making certain decisions and it doesn't matter what their IQ is, they simply lack the experiential knowledge that is required. People are born with an instinctive fear of falling, but everything else has to be learned over time.

55 posted on 04/21/2015 11:18:20 AM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: wagglebee

I could not agree more!


56 posted on 04/21/2015 11:19:28 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: wagglebee

Yep.....those “concepts” used to be called ADULTS


58 posted on 04/21/2015 11:54:36 AM PDT by goodnesswins (I think we've reached PEAK TYRANNY now.....)
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