Re: Banning Social Media For Under-16s

Peter Jason <pj@jostle.com> wrote

As usual accomplish nothing and these parasites know it.
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Kids under 21 should not be allowed smart phones, only be allowed dumb
phones for text and voice.
eg Nokia 2780
<https://www.amazon.com.au/Nokia-Unlocked-Universally-Compatible-Carriers/dp/B0D3RWZ39S>
      https://tinyurl.com/y8rfvh9t

Also get to recognize spare the rod and spoil the child lessons to
parents how to flog them.
To many children have little respect nowadays, My town the local cop
would kick you on the bum, then tell your parents who also gave you a
hammering then you would be mowing lawns at some oldies house for 12
months
make parents accountable for their louts actions $$$
<https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-19/police-to-target-ringleaders-in-youth-crime-crackdown/105070820>
     https://tinyurl.com/mu3fp8za
NSW Police to target 100 ringleaders in crackdown on youth crime

Uncontrollable youth gangs have always been a problem.

Not as much as they are now

The early 20th
century brought in legislation to have schooling compulsory up until
the age of 14.

Irrelevabt to uncontrollable youth gangs

And reform and trade schools sequestered the worst.

Corporal punishment was routine,

And so was the death penalty

and read on......
https://www.thefreelibrary.com/%22Give+him+a+doing%22%3a+the+birching+of+young+offenders+in+Scotland+(1).-a099019935
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