Interesting. While we do not have the technology to create an alternate physical form for ourselves, it's this similar to what we do when we go online. We can change our age, gender, race, become invisible and be as crazy as possible.

I've seen that video recently. Anyway,

some points i need to make.

1. different countries have different ages of consent. Does that mean children mature faster in some countries and not in others?

Why is there no universal age of consent (apart from special cases)

2. Most men who hate gays have been found out to have latent gay tendencies.

Back to the argument, who decides what to censor.


Weiye Loh wrote:
> "I do not agree that the child / adult split is artificial. While taking into account the environment where a child is nurtured, there are also clearly biological and psychological differences."
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> Hi Jaime,
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> Let me point you to the case of Brooke Greenberg, who is the size of an infant, with the mental capacity of a toddler.
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> She turned 16 in January.
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> http://abcnews.go.com/2020/Health/Story?id=7880954&page=1
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> Clearly, the child/adult split is artifical and socially constructed, which explains why we need another set of classification for people who are clearly of 'legal' age but lacking the legal mentality.
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> "Has this polarization of child and adult benefited or disadvantaged children? Are the rights of children suppressed because of their supposed inability to deal with "adult" issues? On the other hand, if we don't construct these boundaries, are we encouraging the exploitation of the young and vulnerable? "
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> Such a separation has clearly benefited AND disadvantaged "children", by which I'm referring to those who are deemed to be of certain 'mental age', whatever that means, as well. It separates you from them, discriminating them as perhaps less of a person simply because they have different 'IQ', which in itself is a socially constructed measure.
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> Children are sometimes more capable than so called adults. If inquisitiveness is the necessary ingredient of a researcher, then children make better researchers than many of us here! =)
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> jaime yeo wrote:
> > Again this raises the question of to what extent children should be protected, what rights a child has and to what extent he can exercise those rights. I do not agree that the child / adult split is artificial. While taking into account the environment where a child is nurtured, there are also clearly biological and psychological differences. Has this polarization of child and adult benefited or disadvantaged children? Are the rights of children suppressed because of their supposed inability to deal with "adult" issues? On the other hand, if we don't construct these boundaries, are we encouraging the exploitation of the young and vulnerable?

So every time my phone rings, I am committing a crime whereas if I carry a radio and listen to music in public it is not. What of free music we download and listen on our ipods

I think this is an interesting topic to discuss on the IVLE. If you can please post this there, we can start a discussion on this.

Karin Tan wrote:
> http://www.orientexpat.com/forum/3467-student-arrested-in-taiwan-for-posting-manual-of-suicide/
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> A student has posted "The Complete Manual of Suicide" on the Internet. This 'guidebook' explains comprehensively the various methods of commiting suicide. This particular student did not have suicidal tendencies, and neither did he mean to convince others to end their lives. However, he was arrested by the police, and was even said to contribute to the sharp increases in suicide in that month.
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> Ethical problem:
> The Internet is a platform for sharing information.
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> However, are all types of information desirable? Should information about suicide even be posted?
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> Questions to ponder about:
> 1. What is wrong in providing information about suicide?
> 2. When a problem arises, why is the blame always on the people who post certain information with no ill intentions? Don't individuals have the ability to evaluate what they read online?