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[–] HiTekRedNek@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The problem with that is that you quickly become responsible for EVERYONE, and then you wind up right back where we are with government bureaucrats telling parents how to raise their children.

If a law or rule can be used to harass otherwise good people, then it will be.

If you give some self-important bastard an inch, they'll take a mile. Just look at the police.

[–] gian@lemmy.grys.it 1 points 5 days ago

The problem with that is that you quickly become responsible for EVERYONE, and then you wind up right back where we are with government bureaucrats telling parents how to raise their children.

Ok, so do you think it is better to not be responsible for nodoby ? Good, as long as you are prepared to pay the consequences of this, both at personal level and a social level.

If a law or rule can be used to harass otherwise good people, then it will be.
If you give some self-important bastard an inch, they’ll take a mile. Just look at the police.

Sadly true, but this do not means that we should not have laws.