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Binkie The Clown

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22. Terrible idea.

Sat Jan 11, 2020, 12:23 PM

Jan 2020

Kids walking home from school get approached by some shady character and have no way to call home for help? Really?

Kids at the mall waiting for one of the parents to pick them up, but the parent forgot, so they have no way to call another parent for a ride? Are you kidding me?

Teen is driving home from his job at the burger joint and has car trouble, but can't call dad to come and help? Unbelievable!

Kid taking a walk with his dad when the dad falls over with a heart attack, or trips and is knocked unconscious on the sidewalk, and the kid can't call 911 because it's illegal for him to use a cell phone? Insane!

We wonder why the right ridicules "liberals" all the time? It's because at times some liberals go to ridiculous extremes and make complete fools of themselves. This is such a time.

Please, lets not give the right more ammunition to laugh at us.

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Vermont bill would ban cellphones for anyone under 21 [View all] RandySF Jan 2020 OP

It won't pass but I think it's a great idea. Squinch Jan 2020 #1

Agree with this 100% Coventina Jan 2020 #2

If any post warranted an "OK boomer", it's this one. John Fante Jan 2020 #26

Absolutely agree! NutmegYankee Jan 2020 #28

The Uni-Boomer lame54 Jan 2020 #41

DUzy! Withywindle Jan 2020 #57

Not a boomer, I'm GenX. n/t Coventina Jan 2020 #36

Kids in the 1200s were considered middle aged in their 20s Nature Man Jan 2020 #46

Except, that has been proven to not be true obamanut2012 Jan 2020 #66

+1 obamanut2012 Jan 2020 #61

100% this obamanut2012 Jan 2020 #64

Well, I didn't have a cell phone either when I was a teenager since I was born in 1958 phylny Jan 2020 #27

There are 18 year olds, fresh out of high school in my field. xmas74 Jan 2020 #45

I was much older than that when I got one Ms. Toad Jan 2020 #53

Dumb idea. ProudMNDemocrat Jan 2020 #3

This is a bad-faith use of the system. WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2020 #4

This just bolsters Republican talking points about how Dems want to micromanage our lives. TheBlackAdder Jan 2020 #5

I mean, he WAS trying to make a point about guns... WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2020 #24

That was my first though. What is he thinking. I know there is a problem, but his Blue_true Jan 2020 #31

Many bills are introduced. Few become law. MineralMan Jan 2020 #6

It won't become law, but it will become a big repugh talking point. Blue_true Jan 2020 #32

Not among Republicans who have teenaged children. MineralMan Jan 2020 #33

Parents of 3rd graders use them to track their kids now, this will never pass! Baclava Jan 2020 #7

Lazy parenting. n/t Coventina Jan 2020 #9

Not really, more a safety concern, being able to contact each other, etc Baclava Jan 2020 #19

Somehow people have been raising kids for thousands of years without digital surveillance. Coventina Jan 2020 #37

And without vaccinations, traffic lights, refrigerated food, ... DavidDvorkin Jan 2020 #49

Using tools to make things more efficient and useful is not lazy. WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2020 #23

Substituting digital surveillance with personal involvement is lazy. n/t Coventina Jan 2020 #38

I was a latchkey kid in the 80s. EllieBC Jan 2020 #47

Doesn't have to be a substitute, of course. WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2020 #48

Bullshit. Lazy parents don't care where their kids are. Mariana Jan 2020 #58

Or maybe people want to be able to find their child after the next school shooting krawhitham Jan 2020 #65

This really is a stupid idea. Archae Jan 2020 #8

21 is the Magic Number Because Wolf Frankula Jan 2020 #63

Stupid bill Stinky The Clown Jan 2020 #10

It's a pretty stupid point he's making, and it's a shame he's a Democrat muriel_volestrangler Jan 2020 #11

you can own and carry an unregistered gun at 18 in vt without a permjit..... getagrip_already Jan 2020 #12

Not only Dumb ismnotwasm Jan 2020 #13

Is he also legally requiring pay phones return in mass? irisblue Jan 2020 #14

Proving the GOP is not the only party with idiots. n/t malthaussen Jan 2020 #15

I remember when 21 was the magic age for everything packman Jan 2020 #16

Yeah, people under 21 don't need to have a job or go to college dalton99a Jan 2020 #17

Car wrecks in general kill teens as much. Does the driver's license age need to go to 21? Dennis Donovan Jan 2020 #18

Say goodbye to your political career jerk. Boomerproud Jan 2020 #20

Perhaps he can mandate a re-establishment of the buggy whip industry while he's at it! bullwinkle428 Jan 2020 #21

Terrible idea. Binkie The Clown Jan 2020 #22

+1000 smirkymonkey Jan 2020 #34

I agree. We'd be freaked out if our daughter didn't have a phone. underpants Jan 2020 #51

Not a viable idea and one reason is... WestLosAngelesGal Jan 2020 #25

That's so true! They don't exist anymore. lunatica Jan 2020 #40

Ban cell phones but not guns. GREAT idea. /s BuffaloJackalope Jan 2020 #29

That is going too far. Blue_true Jan 2020 #30

Good luck. I think 8 or 9 is the standard age for getting ecstatic Jan 2020 #35

What radiation? NutmegYankee Jan 2020 #42

And BOOM! the woo science radiation "fact" rears its head obamanut2012 Jan 2020 #67

Link? ecstatic Jan 2020 #68

Parents of teenagers would disagree with this. lunatica Jan 2020 #39

In our extended family we were trying to hold out on cell phones until high school hunter Jan 2020 #43

We had phones in several rooms in the house Mariana Jan 2020 #59

Does the bill provide for treatment of withdrawal symptoms? n/t retread Jan 2020 #44

This message was self-deleted by its author Takket Jan 2020 #50

Good luck with that one. CentralMass Jan 2020 #52

Guess kids with Type 1 Diabetes will have to monitor themselves the old-fashioned way. Ms. Toad Jan 2020 #54

Message auto-removed Name removed Jan 2020 #55

He said he probably wouldn't vote for his own bill. ooky Jan 2020 #56

So tired of this shit. SlogginThroughIt Jan 2020 #60

I'm an older Gen Xer, and my mom has said she wished we have cellphones then obamanut2012 Jan 2020 #62

I'm sure that's going nowhere Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2020 #69