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Should parents use a GPS tracking device to monitor their children?

Should parents use GPS tracking to monitor their children?


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Yeah, whatever. It's not like the crime can be eradicated. And it's not like this GPS thing is going to do any good. All that would happen if such gadgets became commonplace is that the criminal would strip the kid and throw the clothes out the window and drive off. It would only be effective if the parent knew the kid was snatched in time to get a location before the device was abandoned.

Better if the parent paid more direct attention to their kid.

I don't think that anyone disputes the part in bold.

And a kidnapper would have to take the time to strip the kid as you suggest. Time that they would not have in normal circumstances.
 
Easy.

They read diaries, they install character recorders on their computers, the track their movements with GPS, they eavesdrop on their telephone calls, they read their mail.

Just because it's the parents job to monitor what their little darling is doing doesn't mean it's not spying.

You can call it what you want, but until that darling will grow its own brain it should live on that of their parents. No one apart from parents will have the child's interests at heart. No one.
 
No one apart from parents will have the child's interests at heart. No one.

Biological? I mean cause people adopt. And groups can have children's interest at heart. A close Church group or something like that. Additionally, there's no guarantee that a parent will have a child's interest at heart. In which case, even the State could do a better job caring for a child.
 
It is possible. It is also possible that they will try to sneak out with their 18 year old boyfriend to have sex at the age of 13.

And if Daddy catches them, the little eunuch will be going to jail for a long long time.

It is also possible that they will go joy riding in some strangers car that they stole.

Never can tell.

It is also possible that they will try to skip school.

That's a guarantee, isn't it?

It is also possible that they will do many things that they are not suppose to do.

Yeah, just like adults. Amazing, isn't it?

Such a device can be used for more than just the pedophile/kidnapping that has been discussed for the most part in this thread.

Yes, it can be used for all sorts of things. But I'm betting the kid will be wondering what that square lump on his butt cheek is for. If it's not physically part of him, he ain't going to be lugging it around when he's commtting felonies.

Let me ask you a question. What do you think of kids having cell phones?

Define "kid". I know of children as young as ten with their own cell phone.

And, if a parent is paranoid enough to have to have Genuine James Bond Tracking Device on his child, he doesn't need to buy one, if he gets the right cell phone. And the kid won't leave the phone behind.

For the most part, I"m of the opinion that children don't need cell phones until they graduate from high school, or at least until they can hold a job that can pay their phone bill.
 
You can call it what you want, but until that darling will grow its own brain it should live on that of their parents. No one apart from parents will have the child's interests at heart. No one.

Maybe not even that.

Whatever your point might be...?
 
It's not like the crime can be eradicated.

You can never eradicate crime, but you can drastically reduce it. When pedos will know they are facing certain death, they will think very hard what hobby to choose.
 
Well I guess we don't then. End of story.
 
Yes. And yes, there are deviations from norm when parents don't care, but it's deviation.

So non-biological "parents" can't care?
 
You can never eradicate crime, but you can drastically reduce it. When pedos will know they are facing certain death, they will think very hard what hobby to choose.

By those standards one would think murder and other high crimes in Texas would be extremely low. You're talking of the death penalty as deterrent, and that argument has been well debunked for quite some time.
 
Oh?

Is that from the parent's viewpoint or the child's?

Or is it because most parents aren't member of the CIA?

It's a property argument. The parent can't spy on the child since the parent owns the child and everything the child has.
 
So non-biological "parents" can't care?

Did I say that?

Caring and complete devotion is not the same thing. I care about my dog, but I am not devote to it.
 
Did I say that?

Caring and complete devotion is not the same thing. I care about my dog, but I am not devote to it.

I'm trying to define the parameters of your statement. Since you made such a large sweeping absolute statements
 
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Oh?

Is that from the parent's viewpoint or the child's?

Ever saw a kid throwing a tantrum when a parent takes away a pebble the kid was trying to stuff up his nose? Or a kid in flood of tears when a parent didn't allow him to do Peter Pan from the top of the stairs? Should parents allow their child to do whatever the child wants in order not to opress the child's freedoms? Or should parents exercise their will until their child will turn into an adult (psychologically)?
 
I'm trying to define the parameters of your statement. Since you made such a large sweeping absolute statements

Don't try. When you will have your own kids, you will understand without any "parameters" and "statements". You can't learn to love unconditionally, you just do.
 
By those standards one would think murder and other high crimes in Texas would be extremely low. You're talking of the death penalty as deterrent, and that argument has been well debunked for quite some time.



Is death penalty compulsory in Texas?
 
Don't try. When you will have your own kids, you will understand without any "parameters" and "statements". You can't learn to love unconditionally, you just do.

Aww, how absurd and condescending of you. But you're still wrong. The point isn't that I have to "have kids" to blah blah blah stupid crap. It's not like a person exists as a singularity until they become a parent. And unconditional love is not limited only to one's offspring. The point is that you're statement is incorrect since the absolute statement is not true in absolutely all circumstances. It's an overstatement.
 
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Is death penalty compulsory in Texas?

It's widely used. Probably the state which uses it the most, they're not shy about it. Hell, they'll execute people they know are innocent to save face for the State.
 
Aww, how absurd and condescending of you.

And unconditional love is not limited only to one's offspring.

No, it isn't.

Yes, it is.
 
It's widely used. Probably the state which uses it the most, they're not shy about it. Hell, they'll execute people they know are innocent to save face for the State.

Was I talking about that?

I was saying, when pedos will know the death is a certainty, they will think very hard before choosing their hobby.
 
No, it isn't.

Yes, it is.

This is just more childish debate. Obviously, unconditional love isn't limited only to one's own offspring. It can be extended, and is extended, by a great number of people towards all sorts of others. Your statements of absolute on the subject are incorrect. Listen, if you can back up your argument or construct a rational argument instead of "yes it is", even though it's already been established that your absolute statement isn't absolutely correct, then maybe we can continue this. Until then, childish arguments and appeal to emotion are not intellectually sound and honest enough to engage with.
 
It is possible. It is also possible that they will try to sneak out with their 18 year old boyfriend to have sex at the age of 13. It is also possible that they will go joy riding in some strangers car that they stole. It is also possible that they will try to skip school. It is also possible that they will do many things that they are not suppose to do.

Such a device can be used for more than just the pedophile/kidnapping that has been discussed for the most part in this thread.

Wow, you are REALLY paranoid. You're probably the kind of parent who randomly searches his kid's room and goes through all of his personal possessions "just in case" he/she's doing something bad, aren't you.

Why are you so worried about your kids doing things like that? If your kids are the type who would do these kind of things, then you must've not done a very good job raising them.
 
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