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0 points_Algernon_2y ago0 comments

The fact that you comment this emotionally loaded drivel illustrates perfectly why politicians and policy makers keep abusing "the children" to push through anti-democratic policies. It works great to convince short-sighted fools.

If Democracy falls (which this would result in), everyone will be abused, including children. You can't solve a problem by making a worse problem.

You may want to open a history book and look at what happens to a society when it becomes a panopticon of total surveillance.

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throwaway2902y ago

You haven't addressed the facts. A significant problem exists, measures will be taken, compromises will happen. You can choose what they will be or you can refuse and someone will choose it for you.

None of the other compromises of freedom (gun controls, cash controls, security checks) have led to a fall of democracy. In fact, they are requisite for democracies to thrive. You are blowing a minor inconvenience for yourself out of proportion, covering your ears, closing your eyes and shouting.

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