Comments on: Kids’ language and the media http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/2005/04/kids-language-and-the-media/ Sci-fi, comics, humor, photos...it's all fair game. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:01:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Inadvertent Language | K-Squared Ramblings http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/2005/04/kids-language-and-the-media/#comment-23051 Inadvertent Language | K-Squared Ramblings Mon, 11 Jun 2007 16:33:01 +0000 http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/archives/2005/04/20/kids-language-and-the-media/#comment-23051 [...] not talking about murder, we’re talking about words—words that everyone (yes, including your kids) has heard plenty of [...] [...] not talking about murder, we’re talking about words—words that everyone (yes, including your kids) has heard plenty of [...]

]]> By: Kelson http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/2005/04/kids-language-and-the-media/#comment-5493 Kelson Thu, 21 Apr 2005 16:31:08 +0000 http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/archives/2005/04/20/kids-language-and-the-media/#comment-5493 Yeah. For a philosophy that's quick to dish out "personal responsibility," social conservatism always seems very unwilling to actually <em>take</em> any. Not that "It wasn't me!" is exclusive to conservatives---it's a human trait, not a political trait---but it's one of my major complaints about the let's-ban-everything-we-don't-like crowd. They can't seem to fathom that there's a fundamental contradiction between wanting the government to keep out of people's lives when it comes to helping them and wanting the government to interfere with people's lives when it comes to lifestyle choices and biology. (I think wearing your pants down around your knees looks stupid, but I'm not going to advocate <a href="http://www.snopes.com/risque/homosex/sagging.asp" rel="nofollow">banning the "style"</a>, as state legislatures in Virginia and Louisiana have attempted.) Yeah. For a philosophy that’s quick to dish out “personal responsibility,” social conservatism always seems very unwilling to actually take any.

Not that “It wasn’t me!” is exclusive to conservatives—it’s a human trait, not a political trait—but it’s one of my major complaints about the let’s-ban-everything-we-don’t-like crowd. They can’t seem to fathom that there’s a fundamental contradiction between wanting the government to keep out of people’s lives when it comes to helping them and wanting the government to interfere with people’s lives when it comes to lifestyle choices and biology. (I think wearing your pants down around your knees looks stupid, but I’m not going to advocate banning the “style”, as state legislatures in Virginia and Louisiana have attempted.)

]]> By: Stacy http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/2005/04/kids-language-and-the-media/#comment-5491 Stacy Thu, 21 Apr 2005 14:39:56 +0000 http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/archives/2005/04/20/kids-language-and-the-media/#comment-5491 What amuses me was that in Irvine in the eighties, they were constantly trying to blame swearing on the "base kids" who were bussed in from El Torro. It's always those bad strangers who teach kids bad words. What amuses me was that in Irvine in the eighties, they were constantly trying to blame swearing on the “base kids” who were bussed in from El Torro. It’s always those bad strangers who teach kids bad words.

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