alt Hacker NewsPeople also wanted to smoke cigarettes but they got fierce opposition from their parents. That's what parents should do.
Maybe we should teach parents how to be parents instead of imposing draconian age checks (read: mass surveillance).
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RHSeeger • yesterday at 8:43 PM
This seems like a poor example, because we _also_ made it illegal for minors to buy (and smoke?) cigarettes.
Aren't there laws against selling tobacco to minors? And advertising to them? Your analogy is supporting the opposite conclusion.