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some types of content are indisputably disturbing for kids, like violence, war footage, sexualized content (esp. a sexualized female image targeting male kids & teens), etc



We can recruit them to fight in a war, but it might be disturbing to show them what they signed up for.


We can recruit kids to fight in a war?


Recruiters operate in US high schools to reach minors.


The article was talking about year 8 students in the UK, which is 12-to-13-year-olds. The other commenters in this thread also seemed to be talking about younger kids, not 17-year-olds.

Yes, it's important to clarify what age group people are talking about. But we shouldn't automatically assume everyone it talking about military-aged students.


People who are too young to do all or some of vote, drink, drive a car, etc., can join the army in some countries such as the US.


I believe I was driving at 14 in the US. The current Michigan law is 14y9m to get a level 1 license.

The article was talking about year 8 students in the UK, which is 12-to-13-year-olds. The other commenters in this thread also seemed to be talking about younger kids, not 17-year-olds.

Yes, it's important to clarify what age group people are talking about. But we shouldn't automatically assume everyone it talking about military-aged students.


So outlaw Betty Boop and Jessica Rabbit? Will dating before 21 without a religious chaperone be OK?


you can be agnostic while not objectifying the female image to a point of forming a generation of young man that are addicted to porn and can't talk and connect to a real women


Is this true that men aren't connecting to real women? What's the evidence? US STD rates are up 90% from 2004.



I guess STDs are up partly because it's fewer men sleeping with more women then.




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