JulianMorrison comments on The Sword of Good - Less Wrong

85 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 03 September 2009 12:53AM

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Comment author: JulianMorrison 07 September 2009 12:27:26PM *  23 points [-]

Burial/cremation.

Loss of time to work. Loss of utility to unemployment.

The way children get so few civil rights they're used as excuses for removing rights from adults.

Comment author: Alicorn 07 September 2009 01:26:52PM 11 points [-]

The way children get so few civil rights they're used as excuses for removing rights from adults.

I am aware of the poor state of affairs re: children's rights, but I'm not sure what you're getting at by citing consequences for adults. Can you elaborate?

Comment author: JulianMorrison 07 September 2009 01:41:29PM 24 points [-]

Just think how much legislation that restricts adults has been sold on the premise that it "protects children", especially from non-harmful things like porn and homosexuality.