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Banning Kids from Malls

Caine said:
Until the group of thugs start getting an attitude problem and threatening to kill your kids.

One shouldn't have to deal with **** like that while trying to shop.
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Except, not all teenagers are "thugs" and not all "thugs" are teenagers. It assumes that all/most teenagers by themselves will cause a problem, when most won't. Like most things it is the ones that do cause problems that everyone notices, and then stereotypes most of, if not the entire, group as.
 
roguenuke said:
Except, not all teenagers are "thugs" and not all "thugs" are teenagers. It assumes that all/most teenagers by themselves will cause a problem, when most won't. Like most things it is the ones that do cause problems that everyone notices, and then stereotypes most of, if not the entire, group as.
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though I tend to agree. I feel that most 13-15 year olds have no business being left unsupervised in public. If you can't drive yourself to the mall, you should be accompanied by a responsible adult.
 
Hoplite said:
Except most adults wont treat teens as adults simply because they are teens.
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Now if you could have sex with a teen, I am sure most would be treated as adults. Especially the girls.
 
OscarB63 said:
though I tend to agree. I feel that most 13-15 year olds have no business being left unsupervised in public. If you can't drive yourself to the mall, you should be accompanied by a responsible adult.
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I actually agree with this. I should really have qualified this as older teens, 16 and up. I just don't really care for rules that ban people from doing something because of what some feel might happen. Along with the driving thing, a 17 yo could have already graduated from HS and is even allowed into R rated films. This is also the traditional "dating" age. I don't think teenagers on dates (since many malls generally have a movie theater) should have to be accompanied by a parent.
 
Gray_Fox_86 said:
You are psychotic to take out a weapon against immature teens.
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If they're attempting to cause a person death or grievous bodily injury, they're mature enough to have a firearm drawn on them.

There are plenty of "immature teens" who would try to kill you in a heartbeat. If you don't believe me, go hang out in East St. Louis for a while.
 
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We kept our kids on a short leash, and most of the time they appreciated it.
They couldn't go to the mall unless they had money to spend and a reason to spend it.
They couldn't go cruising, certainly not on my gas.
And we had to know where they were going and who they were going with.
any violations of the rules, and they lost access to the car....

Old joke, most of you may have heard it...
a farmer hires a boy to help with the chores, boy says he has a friend who could use some work....
farmer says, I need one boy, no more. If I hire another boy, I end up with half a boy, and if I hire a 3rd boy, I have no boy at all.

Gist of it is, teens in very small numbers can be handled, but in groups they seem to lose what little common sense they have thus far accumulated....
 
UtahBill said:
Old joke, most of you may have heard it...
a farmer hires a boy to help with the chores, boy says he has a friend who could use some work....
farmer says, I need one boy, no more. If I hire another boy, I end up with half a boy, and if I hire a 3rd boy, I have no boy at all.
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Thats not funny :(
 
Harry Guerrilla said:
Doesn't this violate federal law some how?
Isn't age discrimination illegal, even with private businesses?
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Age discrimination usually refers to discriminating against people over a certain age. Businesses can (and do) discriminate against people under a certain age all the time. Exhibit A -- Strip clubs.
 
Coronado said:
Age discrimination usually refers to discriminating against people over a certain age. Businesses can (and do) discriminate against people under a certain age all the time. Exhibit A -- Strip clubs.
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Exhibit B - tobacco sales
Exhibit C - Liquor sales
Exhibit D - Movie ticket sales
 
OscarB63 said:
Exhibit B - tobacco sales
Exhibit C - Liquor sales
Exhibit D - Movie ticket sales
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B and C are done by the state, not by the business. :prof
 
Coronado said:
B and C are done by the state, not by the business. :prof
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true, but the point is society as a whole is constantly placing age restrictions on youth to protect them from themselves.
 
Coronado said:
Age discrimination usually refers to discriminating against people over a certain age. Businesses can (and do) discriminate against people under a certain age all the time. Exhibit A -- Strip clubs.
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I understand that we restrict vises and nudity but I don't believe for a second that some strip clubs would turn away that extra money.

I'm cool with businesses being able to discriminate but I think if we're going to restrict it for some superficial reasons, we should do it for all superficial reasons.
 
Gray_Fox_86 said:
You are psychotic to take out a weapon against immature teens.
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lol...

Immature teens are the ones who do all the violent criminal activity for street gangs.
Get your head out of your 4th point of contact.
 
Travelsonic said:
[citation needed]
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Citation not needed and won't be provided.
You can be willfully ignorant if you wish.
My experience tells me what I need to know. Can't accept it, oh well.
 
megaprogman said:
Thats not funny :(
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OK, more like a bit of wisdom...if you want funny, look in the mirror. If you can't laugh at yourself, you just may be missing the joke of the century....

You can get extra points if you can tell me which famous aussie turned british person said that...
 
UtahBill said:
OK, more like a bit of wisdom...if you want funny, look in the mirror. If you can't laugh at yourself, you just may be missing the joke of the century....

You can get extra points if you can tell me which famous aussie turned british person said that...
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Most Aussies want to turn American like Mel and Russel...
 
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