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Obesity is a problem too - no chocolate without ID /s

The state can't be a substitute for good parenting.

First, comparing porn to candy is absurd. Porn is way more destructive psychologically. Second, the stuff is everywhere - a kid can pick up a friend’s iPad and get scarred for life by what these companies are putting out. No one parent has the power to stop it, so it makes sense for the state to do so.

I disagree. They both have the potential to cause serious harm in different ways.

Candy is more destructive physically. It's everywhere. No one parent has the power to stop it, so it makes sense for the state to do so.

You really think candy is more destructive for a kid than pornography? One can scar them for life, the other dissolves and goes away. You are not being realistic at all

All of this is anecdote/opinion for both of us, but I'd say obesity is incomparably worse for society than porn.

Do you feel the same way about other forms of child sexual abuse? Like for instance if a kid gets abused only one time is that about the equivalent in your mind to them eating one piece of chocolate on the scale of things which can have long term effects on their life?

It’s obviously not even close to the same

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