Our sex is a child-free zone.

the new Jews?

I read that, here, on Gather, the only thing keeping YoungStars (my new pet name for them) from reading adult comment is them checking a box when they sign up. I am also concerned because a 'supposed child' named "Eugene" has been surfing the Gath and is visiting our articles telling us he is a child. I think I know who it is, and its an adult if I'm right. If I'm not right, then those parents are the ones at fault. When I was told about Gather, I heard it was the MySpace for grownups, so I guess they have us put up warning labels, and police each other, to protect themselves legally.
It's sad the way some children are allowed to grow up too quickly. We live in a dangerous world and children have always needed protection; no matter how wise they may seem. As a matter of fact, the wise ones are more likely to get into trouble. I don't say or do certain things around children. And I expect them to stay within their place around me. I value children too much to demand less from myself or them.

On gather you have to check the box so you can view adult content. The filter is on when you sign up....it is up to the individual to decide whether they want to view or not.

P.S. I've written this before on Gather, and I'll say it again. Any parent who is condoning their child's use of alcohol, drugs, pornography, dressing provocatively, or any type of adult material--is giving that child the ways and means to do more when they are away from that parent. Kids can get into enough trouble when they know they'll be punished if found out. Very few children have the fortitude to say no to anything when pressured by their peers or someone older.

For the person who asked: "The New Jews?" remember: Pariah Leak. They start at the bottom -- with the ill and the helpless, terrorize the main population, and then go for a prime pariah, usually with a prison system that has already been built upon the helpless. The pariah status leaks upwards. In this country, Gays have stopped pariah leak through them cold. But the forces that would imprison the minds or bodies of adults are always at work, attacking everything from our ideas to our sexuality. Remember, Dachau was originally meant to train and terrorize mainstream Germans. It worked.

You see? In all the answers, the adults expect us to care for their kids. They expect US to put up barriers -- which don't work -- to protect their own children. Any kid can get through the controls if you're not there, at least in their heads. Kids are SMART. My mother looked at every book we took from the library, monitored our TV watching, and taught us to think. But -- she put medical books where we could reach them in case we had personal questions and could find a medical or scientific explanation, instead of one from ignorant peers. I found "masturbation," and was relieved to discover it was normal. Mom happened to walk into the room. Blushing in horror before my very Catholic parent, I slammed the book closed. She just shook her head and said, "Why do you think we bought them?" Where are the parents who stop expecting other people to put in buttons and controls and stop swearing around kids? At the same time, I don't hate or fear sex -- I was never abused, I never had a sex-hating dogma shoved down my throat. I knew where babies came from (and bored my little sister to tears with sex-ed lectures on the size and positions of internal organs). This is an adult world -- protect your children by keeping them away from adult situations or teaching them how to handle them when they come upon them. Stop denying the reality. They'll grow up soon enough. Give them the sword and shield of YOUR values -- don't expect everybody else to do it!