In AJ's vlog about “sexting”
becoming against the law he says that he “can't believe that our
government is passing laws about common sense” and I agree that it
must be really bad times when the government feels like they have to
do this but I am not surprised that they are. And really why should
anyone be? There are many laws that might seem like “common sense”
but plenty of people break them all the time, such as driving under
the influence or like he stated, someone murdering someone.
I'm not sure it's fair to put all the
blame on the parents, kids are called kids for a reason. They
sometimes act, lets say, really unintelligently and what do you
expect? They are 14 and 15 years old and sometimes younger. Most
people that age don't want to listen to their parents no matter how
hard the parents try. Part of the whole experience of being that age
is making stupid mistakes, only in this day and age stupid little
mistakes can really come back and haunt you more so than any other
time. And his argument that teens should be thinking through their
actions seems like a reasonable argument but a majority of teens
don't think through a thing, why would they think through taking a
quick picture and hitting the “send” button when they see their
friends and celebrities doing it and people still buying their music,
movies and so forth.
This whole “sexting” thing is a
new problem and I see this law as the government trying to find a way
to assert some kind of control over the new technologies that are
developing so quickly and trying to protect minors. I don't think
it's a bad idea either, if it can deter even a few children away from
sending naked pictures of themselves to someone it can't be a bad
thing. I see it as kind of a reinforcement even if it is a “scare
tactic”. If they get caught doing it, they will be held accountable
and perhaps they will tell their friends that it's not such a good
idea.
I do think it's stupid for kids to
being doing this but I don't think this law has a negative impact on
anything and hopefully it will cause some people to think twice
before they consider “sexting”.
