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minus-squareSleafordMod@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 days agoBy that logic we shouldn’t ban anything for teenagers. But we do: smoking, gambling, alcohol, etc.
minus-squareShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoTeenagers do all those things constantly.
minus-squareSleafordMod@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoThey do those things to some degree, but those things remain banned for under 18s, which I suppose reduces harm, even if it doesn’t fully eliminate harm.
By that logic we shouldn’t ban anything for teenagers. But we do: smoking, gambling, alcohol, etc.
Teenagers do all those things constantly.
They do those things to some degree, but those things remain banned for under 18s, which I suppose reduces harm, even if it doesn’t fully eliminate harm.