Youth Censorship

[Junge]

Well, I've been away from Gaia for a long time, but now I'm back. I see new faces, but unfortunately the same old beat-up go-nowhere topics. It makes the little philosopher in me cry crying So here is a topic I haven't really heard much discussion about.

Youth Censorship. I'm not talking censorship of youths (that's a seperate issue). I'm talking about the censorship of things aimed at youths. Teenagers in particular. Teenage years are the formative years for your ideas and views on political and social issues. Isn't it important that we expose teens to as much of the spectrum as possible?

[Foolish]

I would look at it from an alternative angle, as an older, experienced generation, our job is to expose the youth to what is beneficial. If every successive generation were to repeat what all the previous have been through then progress would be negated. This is why we teach history, this is why we limit what the youth are exposed to.

I agree that many times this is taken to an extreme, but often as not it is a beneficial process, which leads to progress rather than regress.

[PotNoodle]

We're exposed to everything whether we like it or not. I mean, the kids that are overprotected b***h to their friends about it so the friends introduce them to the dirty world, or they stumble upon it sooner or later. Too much censorship leads to a stunted growth. It's fine the way it is. We could do without some of the extremities though; crime, murder, rape, excessive porn/nudity/drugs/alcohol/cigarettes.

[GamerXR72]

Meh. Censorship should be left to the parent to decide.

[Junge]

Foolish

I would look at it from an alternative angle, as an older, experienced generation, our job is to expose the youth to what is beneficial. If every successive generation were to repeat what all the previous have been through then progress would be negated. This is why we teach history, this is why we limit what the youth are exposed to.

I agree that many times this is taken to an extreme, but often as not it is a beneficial process, which leads to progress rather than regress.

This is the basis of the issue, is it not? Who decides what is beneficial? If the same thing is taught generation upon generation then ideas becom stagnant and thier is never change. On the flispide, I see no apparent benefit in exposing children to pervesion.

What about teenager, though? Society contradicts itself when it comes to judging just how much compitence they have. Who decides what teenagers can be exposed too?

[Junge]

GamerXR72

Meh. Censorship should be left to the parent to decide.

But it's not. Schools refuse to buy 'unappropriate material', teachers teach from History books that don't exactly tell the whole story. What right does the government have to tell parents what their children can or can not be exposed to?

[Nekojin_cat]

Junge

GamerXR72

Meh. Censorship should be left to the parent to decide.

But it's not. Schools refuse to buy 'unappropriate material', teachers teach from History books that don't exactly tell the whole story. What right does the government have to tell parents what their children can or can not be exposed to?

They do have a right to try to make sure that the right attitude is imposed on children, I suppose. As in, not encouraging criminal behaviour. If we teach all the kids that everything belongs to everyone, there's probably going to be more people stealing. If we teach them the wrong ideas about sex, then they're going to be having sex earlier, and probably getting pregnant.

And yes, I'm fully aware that I probably count as a kid from most of your perspectives. So feel free to put my opinion down to my being a teenager, and stupid, if you wish to.

[HellHades]

Can I ask exactly how much, and what, is censored from teenagers? I didn't know we were having political and social issues hidden from us stressed

Also, is this censored in schools, or censored by parents or other entities?

Sorry for my lack of understanding

[YummyFudge]

Shouldn't we have the right to decide for ourselves what's "appropriate?" Even if we're young I think it should be up to us to decide what's inappropriate. If we're exposed to the truth and a group of ideas then wouldn't we have a better understanding of everything? It makes no sense to hide certain things.

[-Blind Guardian-]

Foolish

I would look at it from an alternative angle, as an older, experienced generation, our job is to expose the youth to what is beneficial. If every successive generation were to repeat what all the previous have been through then progress would be negated. This is why we teach history, this is why we limit what the youth are exposed to.

I agree that many times this is taken to an extreme, but often as not it is a beneficial process, which leads to progress rather than regress.

Beneficial to you based on how you want things to work. Not them.

[JLbass]

-Blind Guardian-

Foolish

I would look at it from an alternative angle, as an older, experienced generation, our job is to expose the youth to what is beneficial. If every successive generation were to repeat what all the previous have been through then progress would be negated. This is why we teach history, this is why we limit what the youth are exposed to.

I agree that many times this is taken to an extreme, but often as not it is a beneficial process, which leads to progress rather than regress.

Beneficial to you based on how you want things to work. Not them.

He is right, many times they are exposed to biased-facts, this is more frequent when the education is based on some system of beliefs.
Relious-schools and Militar-schools are examples of this.
They learn what the owners of the schools wants them to learn.

[Moniquill]

Junge

Well, I've been away from Gaia for a long time, but now I'm back. I see new faces, but unfortunately the same old beat-up go-nowhere topics. It makes the little philosopher in me cry crying So here is a topic I haven't really heard much discussion about.

Youth Censorship. I'm not talking censorship of youths (that's a seperate issue). I'm talking about the censorship of things aimed at youths. Teenagers in particular. Teenage years are the formative years for your ideas and views on political and social issues. Isn't it important that we expose teens to as much of the spectrum as possible?

I think that censorship at all is generally a bad thing. Expose everyone to everything from the moment of birth. Then be ready to explain it when they ask questions. Don't sugarcoat anything, ever. Yes, this will irradicate the 'magic of childhood', which seems to be a euphamistic term for blatent ignorance, but I don't think that we really have much need of that.
I had uncensored access to the entire internet from age 12 on. And I made full use of this, exploring in all directiosn, including violence, and sex, and the combination of the two. And, miraculously, I didn't become a social devient unable to interact with rational society.


I think this comic from The Parking Lot Is Full says pretty much everything (linked off-site to save bandwidth):

http://plif.andkon.com/archive/wc161.gif

[Dimitri_H]

YummyFudge

Shouldn't we have the right to decide for ourselves what's "appropriate?" Even if we're young I think it should be up to us to decide what's inappropriate. If we're exposed to the truth and a group of ideas then wouldn't we have a better understanding of everything? It makes no sense to hide certain things.

but according to adult standards. We youth don't have the ability to correctly decide for ourselves.

But heres what gets me.

I go shopping and I see Playboy Bunnies EVERYWHERE. sadly, I see them the most when passing by a young girls department.

Is this captitalism gone horribly ary to the benefit of the porn industry or what?

Another reason why adults don't feel that the youth can think for themselves is due to the fact a youngsters mind is easily influenced.

[Aradur]

Moniquill

Junge

Well, I've been away from Gaia for a long time, but now I'm back. I see new faces, but unfortunately the same old beat-up go-nowhere topics. It makes the little philosopher in me cry crying So here is a topic I haven't really heard much discussion about.

Youth Censorship. I'm not talking censorship of youths (that's a seperate issue). I'm talking about the censorship of things aimed at youths. Teenagers in particular. Teenage years are the formative years for your ideas and views on political and social issues. Isn't it important that we expose teens to as much of the spectrum as possible?

I think that censorship at all is generally a bad thing. Expose everyone to everything from the moment of birth. Then be ready to explain it when they ask questions. Don't sugarcoat anything, ever. Yes, this will irradicate the 'magic of childhood', which seems to be a euphamistic term for blatent ignorance, but I don't think that we really have much need of that.
I had uncensored access to the entire internet from age 12 on. And I made full use of this, exploring in all directiosn, including violence, and sex, and the combination of the two. And, miraculously, I didn't become a social devient unable to interact with rational society.


I think this comic from The Parking Lot Is Full says pretty much everything (linked off-site to save bandwidth):

http://plif.andkon.com/archive/wc161.gif

The problem with this is that everyone has a different view on every subject. What if they can't explain something to you, or their explanation differs from others? How is the child to decide from different opinions? It is not as simple as giving a person all the information, the problem lies in how they choose to analyze and process it.

[Sjet]

It bites! People need to by a little more acepting.