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Re:The sins of the 90s: Questioning a puzzling claim about m... by burningChrome on Monday October 28, 2024 @03:31PM (#41975139)
>> Having kids engage with other kids on the interwebs? I doubt it.

Unless those kids aren't interacting with kids at all, but instead pedo's masquerading as kids for nefarious reasons. Which yes, has been VERY detrimental to our society.

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Re:The sins of the 90s: Questioning a puzzling claim about m... by elric on Monday October 28, 2024 @04:31PM (#41975913)
Nah. I'm not buying it. What's the rate of kids interacting with pedos instead of other kids?

Knee-jerk responses like yours, and "what about the children"-isms in general are likely more detrimental than actual online child abuse. Something about babies and bathwater.

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