This is an interesting group... thanks for letting guests post.
I honestly don't know if I should laugh or cry. I'm proud to say neither of my folks would fall for this stuff (they'de quite after the "I attend their teen parties with them to ensure no drinking or alcohol is on the premises" line, but even if you took that out they'de be wondering what this person was smoking when he wrote this- I say he because it mentions his wife.) and that it would go into the trash after we'de all laughed, shaken our heads and wondered how people like that reproduce. The only thing I wonder is, is this a real person? I mean, obviosly they have no clue; not just about computers, but in general: "You may meet with some resistance at first, but even booksellers have to bow to community pressure"... no they don't. Not in this country, and not in a lot of others. Besides, if your child is a hacker, he/she undoubtedly knows how to get that stuff online... sorry for preaching to the choir.
The only other thing that occurs to me is about the comment on violent vido games and drinking on one of the posts. Though I've never been drunk (I intensly dislike the tast of alcohal and would have to work to swallow that much) I've been playing violent video games since they came into existace (amiga I believe was my first encounter with a truly graphic game... pre-wolfenstein, and just about pre-nintendo) but even now that there are laws gouverning those games, I could get anyone any game they wanted _legally_. So even the good old free US hasn't banned porn and video games yet. Not even on AOL (not that I use it excepting some of the software they bought up) has really banned that stuff. Too much profit. Most of the porn links I get are on AOL-owned ICQ, and it wouldn't be any different if I actually used AOL as an ISP.
Frankly, if I had a kid who was a hacker (in the sense used here), I'de want to know how they did it, and only really be mad if they'de done any dammage... in which case I'de handle it like a neihbors broken window. ("Okay, you call them and negotiate for damages. I expect you to pay it off, legally.") Unless it was the feds, at which point I'de make sure they stopped, but let the government decide if they thought it worth coming to us about.
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