As a parent, I try very hard to not over-protect my children, but it is very hard when you see the crap on the news at night.  Probably the main reason I rarely watch it anymore.  

The news is overwhelmingly bad news, it's what gets people to tune in.  I tend to avoid it.  (Former Journalism major, left it because it was unbearably depressing.  Happy stories aren't covered, they don't sell in our society.)

While you are most likely a great parent - things like that make you sound like someone who immediately thinks they are this wise old being just because they have had a child. Other's opinions should be judged on merit and fact and example.

Point being - I don't think anyone's thoughts on this is irrelevant because they don't have a child.

No one is saying they are 'wise' and all knowing because they have children. What we are all saying is that having kids *changes* you. Down to your very core, your soul. This has nothing to do with knowledge. You think differently about things. You act differently about things. You change as a person. Life is... different.

Equating what we're talking about to having had a dog, or a wife, or nieces or nephews, or a car or house, etc, shows how much you just don't get this. And that's fine. But if you have kids someday, you will.

This is what I meant when I said I think people who don't have kids aren't qualified to have an opinion on the matter. You can still certainly have an opinion though, I'm just going to disregard it (and I mean that in the nicest way possible!). :)

The news is overwhelmingly bad news, it's what gets people to tune in.  I tend to avoid it.  (Former Journalism major, left it because it was unbearably depressing.  Happy stories aren't covered, they don't sell in our society.)

The exact reason I avoid the nightly news, it is too depressing.  Plus the story is mostly similar from night to night... boring....

Should they have let the AFOL in? What better way to decide than with democracy! If you haven't read "An AFOL's Nightmare" do so before you vote.

This poll doesn't really address the concern being discussed - Maybe we should have a poll asking "Should we do more or less to protect our children?"

This poll doesn't really address the concern being discussed - Maybe we should have a poll asking "Should we do more or less to protect our children?"

I'm not a parent yet, so....... I'm not touching on that subject. :sweat:

The exact reason I avoid the nightly news, it is too depressing.  Plus the story is mostly similar from night to night... boring....

 

YOU MEAN YOU DON"T WANT TO KNOW WHO KIM KARDASHIAN JUST MADE A BABY WITH?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!???!!!?!?!!?!

Voting is better for sure.

Ummmmm what are we talking about here?

Ummmmm what are we talking about here?

This is a side thread for "An AFOL's Nightmare."

Don't be scared... 

"Recent Gallop polls have found that citizens overwhelmingly feel crime is going up even though it is not," says Professor Fox. "This is because of the growth of crime shows and the way that TV spotlights the emotional. One case of a random, horrific shooting shown repeatedly on TV has more visceral effect than all the statistics printed in a newspaper."

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2012/0109/US-crime-rate-at-lowest-point-in-decades.-Why-America-is-safer-now

Never said I was scared.  I am more than capable of defending myself, but my kids are not.  I do agree that crime shows fuel some of the fear that we see today.  All of these highly rated shows show horrific crimes because of ratings.  Many people, in turn, take it too far with their own lives.  Same with the news.  A shooting will be on the news for days.  A feel good story is forgotten by the next segment of the nightly news. 

The poll needs to be updated with "what are you talking about ?" option.  A little background story on 1st post will make the the poll less confusing.  Not everyone reads every post on this forum

Ummmmm what are we talking about here?

An AFOL wasn't allowed into LDC without a child. It has turned into an is it better or worse argument about protecting kids, vs having individual rights. Also, how one sees life before/after having kids. 

Yeah I see that now thanks. This probably needs to be part of that thread, anyways my vote is no, this rule is in place to protect kids from kidnapping pedophiles. Not saying that this guy was one but no need to take chances. There usually one day a month that the parks let adults in w/o kids so if he was that intent on going be could have done that.

YOU MEAN YOU DON"T WANT TO KNOW WHO KIM KARDASHIAN JUST MADE A BABY WITH?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!???!!!?!?!!?!

I know they are rich enough to name their child North West   They would need to be rich to pay for the counseling that child will need for the rest of his/her life

This poll doesn't really address the concern being discussed - Maybe we should have a poll asking "Should we do more or less to protect our children?"

If that isn't a leading question if I've ever seen one, haha.

This topic has 16 followers and only nine have voted. Wonder why

This topic has 16 followers and only nine have voted. Wonder why

Because not everyone has a summer vacation just because it is summer time...

Due to time zone difference, people go to bed around this time....

No one is obligated to vote just because there is a poll question....

 

 

Should I continue ?

 

Due to time zone difference, people go to bed around this time....

 

WELL WAKE THEM UP, WE NEED VOTES BRUH!

This topic has 16 followers and only nine have voted. Wonder why

I didn't even know there was a poll added.  I obviously voted NO.

 

As has been pointed out many times, there are special adult days for those that don't have kids.  Plan ahead and go at these times.

What do you call communism when it works? Utopia. Read Plato, stop relying on cold war propaganda to educate you.

Over-protective parents and a safer society are irrelevant to the safety of 4 yr olds. We're not talking about middle schoolers riding their bikes to the corner store. We're talking about ignorant, inexperienced morons who like to put buckets on their heads and run into walls.

Seriously some of this discussion is so off-point and saturated with specious reasoning it's almost unrecognizable. The only pertinent question: Does LegoLand's restrictive entry policy help to create a safer environment for small children?

What do you call communism when it works?

A theory?

I can't answer that. Not because I'm uneducated, but because communism has never worked.

I notice neither one of you managed to actually address the question I posed.

I notice neither one of you managed to actually address the question I posed.

Alright then. Communism when it works is a Societal Pyramid built up by power hungry dictators, who once are done building said pyramid sit themselves on top of it.