Originally posted by SunburntYeah, I would never let my 14 year old daughter (if I had one) post in this site. I wonder if any parents have asked Russ in advance to forum ban them just so they'd just stick to playing chess instead of messing around in this over sized playground.
I'm sure Jenna will retain her innocence in other ways, such as, school, other teenagers, television, the media, and the content of other websites. It's easy to point fingers in this forum to suit one's own motives. Jenna could be 18 and still not have a friggin' clue.
Originally posted by Anonymousnumber1Now I understand you at last. You want to protect us (the innocent adults) from the 'dangerous' posts that minors could make here. Because that is what a forum ban can do. You don't even to have be logged on to RHP to read all posts, no matter your age!
Yeah, I would never let my 14 year old daughter (if I had one) post in this site. I wonder if any parents have asked Russ in advance to forum ban them just so they'd just stick to playing chess instead of messing around in this over sized playground.
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Originally posted by Anonymousnumber1The implication is that a parent who would let their teenager post on the site is negligent and a poor parent. Absolutely amazing.
Yeah, I would never let my 14 year old daughter (if I had one) post in this site. I wonder if any parents have asked Russ in advance to forum ban them just so they'd just stick to playing chess instead of messing around in this over sized playground.
Originally posted by cashthetrashIsn't it presumptous to make statements about what Jenna's parents think or what goes on in her house? I have children. I do not believe parenting should be judged on whether they allow their kid to read this forum. Give me a break on that! Some kids are very mature and can be trusted to make decisions about influences. Some cannot. Influences ARE EVERYWHERE, ten times proximal to Jenna than this forum. Is this forum really worse than ANY chat room Jenna will soon be visiting? I seriously doubt it.
I think you are selling Jenna and her parents short. She doesn't seem to have a problem with her parents, why would anyone else? I doubt any of us have spent a nickel in her upbringing. Jenna is not a stupid girl and her parents seem like reasonable caring parents to me. Jenna doesn't have a clue...give me a break.
And I read that girl's posts. Meaning, innocent or not, she had half a clue based on her posts.
Originally posted by SJ247geez man shes 14! do you realy think she'd be banging anione?? i dont think she like that i think that maybe she got caught at school and they started to block the site like at my shcool. just a thought. keep it clean!
Has anyone considered she got grounded from the internet for smoking dope, or banging her boyfriend in her parents' bed?
So quick to blame forum content.
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Originally posted by kirksey957at least your kid is smart and has interesting things to say. she gets irony, sarcasm and spots double-entendres coming a mile away. you can actually have a conversation with a kid like that. but jenna is just too young to swim with the big fish yet. I'm sure she's a nice kid and will grow into a smart young lady some day, but now she's obviously still very young and needs to go back to the pond to grow a little. I'd be shocked if she was much older than 10 years. 14 years? absolutely no way in hell. 14-year-olds get sarcasm and realize when something can be interpreted in a sexual way. jenna never had a clue what people were talking about.
Some of us have to.
Originally posted by Mephisto2There was a debate regarding this issue several years ago. A law passed in the US called the "Child Online Protection Act" placed certain requirements on sites which allowed children under 13. Russ and Chris decided that they could not comply with some of the requirements and thus banned those under 13 years of age. I don't recall the exact details, but it was discussed actively in the forums for several months and it seems that they had little choice.
Whatever limit, this is an absurd rule anyway (for a chess site). I haven't read anything in these forums that you cannot hear or see on national radiop/television, or even in the schoolyards of the kids that seem to need all that 'protection'. That doesn't mean I like all that has been posted, on the contrary, but it seems to me that there are more adults ...[text shortened]... omains of the development of kids. And they don't mention anything about crazy hormones ...
Originally posted by no1marauderaren't they british? what do they care what US legislates about internet content? nobody cares that practically all internet content is prohibited in china, so why should US be different? I'm just wondering.
There was a debate regarding this issue several years ago. A law passed in the US called the "Child Online Protection Act" placed certain requirements on sites which allowed children under 13. Russ and Chris decided that they could not comply with some of the requirements and thus banned those under 13 years of age. I don't recall the exact details, but ...[text shortened]... discussed actively in the forums for several months and it seems that they had little choice.
Originally posted by no1marauderI remember that debate, and I think your evaluation is correct (in so far that the server is located in the uS). It doesn't make the whole thing less hypochrytic, though, considering the fact that every post is readable from the outside, no logon required. So, if the site isn't blocked on the receiving end, any person (kid) who can surf and read can follow anything that is being written here.
There was a debate regarding this issue several years ago. A law passed in the US called the "Child Online Protection Act" placed certain requirements on sites which allowed children under 13. Russ and Chris decided that they could not comply with some of the requirements and thus banned those under 13 years of age. I don't recall the exact details, but ...[text shortened]... discussed actively in the forums for several months and it seems that they had little choice.