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Originally Posted by Deltona Couple
Until she is 18, she is a child, plain and simple.
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I would also take this opportunity to point out that only 100 years ago, children were only children until about the early teens, maybe 14. 18 years as a benchmark for adulthood, has only come into play since about that time. Prior to that, it was perfectly commonplace for a young woman of age for marriage to be 15. (Also, I was speaking figuratively about the likelihood of being hit by lightning, not actually meaning the pure statistical comparison)
I can also (and I'm not picking on you, Deltona) only take so much of the "in today's world" and "in this day and age" crap before I want to suffocate someone. Everyone wants to blame something, when the truth of the matter is- you have only the person committing the crime to blame. Regardless of the statistics you use to blame society at large, there are always going to be psychos, perverts, etc.
To further pick at the abduction example above- the guy grabbed her in broad daylight when she was with a group of friends. Society did not conspire to instill pedophilia rape lust and murder in that person. Regardless of the rape/abduction statistics, and your feelings about "society", that guy was fucked up and was going to take a girl that day, no matter what. Society did not tell him to get a shovel and duct tape and a little girl.
While the chances are slightly better now than they were some years ago, I repeat my initial statement: At what point do you stop trading off security for privacy/freedom? I think this specific device crosses that line.