Well, it turns out we agree more than I thought. When you said you wouldn't allow your teens access to Free Republic simply because of a single word within a posted article I was under the impression that you were either, A) not a parent and just imagining a sterile environment for your future offspring, or B) are a parent that is soooooo insecure about how you've prepared your children for the bad elements that they will certainly come into contact with, that you would go to any length to shield them from all unpleasantness by keeping them from coming into contact with other less shielded children, or not allowing them to view a political web site because an occasional bad word may be uttered. But you admit that you are not either of the two (A or B) when you told me you children attend school (I'll assume public) without parental supervision. Even though you know they are subject to a much more harsh environment each day when they attend school.
I have NO problem with your parental abilities, I just took offense at your unwarranted shot at Free Republic. But I can't for the life of me figure out why you would subject you children to schooling away from home but not allow them to view my favorite web site. I would (will) jump for joy if (when) my girls (9 - 11) wanted to join this great community of like-minded conservatives. The way I'd see it is, if they came upon an offensive word or two after reading twenty articles it would be 18 steps forward. You know?