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Why Does Anyone Take A Child Under The Age Of 13 To A Midnight Movie? [Vanity]
7/22/12 | self

Posted on 07/21/2012 11:45:25 PM PDT by Lmo56

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To: HamiltonJay

Well, I am not going to get into a spitting contest with you in reference to who is the most conservative, liberal and whatever else you want to distort in your mind.

I enjoy reading various opinions on a wide range of topics here. I may not agree with a lot of them; but, I want to know what others think about the issues.

I don’t need to belittle or call names if I disagree. I want others to challenge my view points. Obviously, you have an issue with that.

We can all learn from each other. It may make us uncomfortable at times. Conservatives are not all alike. We pride ourselves on our individuality and self-reliance.


61 posted on 07/22/2012 1:37:00 AM PDT by BlessingsofLiberty (Remember Brian Terry...)
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To: I see my hands

The boxes around your comments do not improve your ability to comprehend.


62 posted on 07/22/2012 1:42:51 AM PDT by NautiNurse (I don't come around much anymore...)
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To: FreeAtlanta
Taking a child to anything over 8pm is abuse, imho.

As someone who has been taken to some awesome movies at late hours when I was 5 (Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines, The Railway Children, Fiddler on the Roof) I respectfully disagree.

63 posted on 07/22/2012 1:47:03 AM PDT by Squawk 8888 (Tories in- now the REAL work begins!)
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To: NautiNurse
I don't think a style of posting impacts my ability to comprehend. You don't either, do you?

Now back to the question at hand. Why is it any of your business if a parent takes a child under the age of 13 to a midnight movie?


64 posted on 07/22/2012 1:48:53 AM PDT by I see my hands (It's time to.. KICK OUT THE JAMS, MOTHER FREEPERS!)
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To: Lmo56
Welcome to The United States of Hollyweird.

Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein will open up his Westport waterfront estate for a $35,800-per-head fundraiser for President Obama's re-election next month, reciprocation for the coveted State Dinner invite he received earlier this year from the White House.

65 posted on 07/22/2012 1:50:01 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: FreeAtlanta

I have to disagree. Some of my best occasions during my childhood were the times that my parents let me stay up late. The best was when, at the age of six, my parents let me stay up to watch a man walk on the Moon.


66 posted on 07/22/2012 1:52:34 AM PDT by Squawk 8888 (Tories in- now the REAL work begins!)
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To: latina4dubya

That’s exactly how it should be. Some of my best memories are the occasions when my parents let me stay up past bedtime, the first being Neil Armstrong’s first step.


67 posted on 07/22/2012 1:55:25 AM PDT by Squawk 8888 (Tories in- now the REAL work begins!)
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To: Daffynition

Hope you don’t get flamed for leaving out the /sarc tag...


68 posted on 07/22/2012 1:58:10 AM PDT by Squawk 8888 (Tories in- now the REAL work begins!)
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To: Lmo56
You are self righteous idiot. Its not the parents fault the kid died. Do you have any critical thought processing skills? Btw - the movie was not very violent.
69 posted on 07/22/2012 1:59:42 AM PDT by Free_in_Alabama (The average citizen is too lazy to steal from you, instead they are asking the government to do it)
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To: tsowellfan
If you like the old time radio comedies, you've probably heard of them, but in case you haven't I highly recommend The Bickersons.
70 posted on 07/22/2012 2:01:30 AM PDT by Squawk 8888 (Tories in- now the REAL work begins!)
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To: I see my hands

You won this thread, no contest.


71 posted on 07/22/2012 2:05:38 AM PDT by Squawk 8888 (Tories in- now the REAL work begins!)
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To: Lmo56

Agreed. Very strange to take children that young to a movie that late.


72 posted on 07/22/2012 2:09:51 AM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: antceecee

I’m with you about the 3mo because I encoutered the same thing at a Star Trek movie- aside from the annoyance of a sceaming baby, I could not stop wondering WTH they were thinking.


73 posted on 07/22/2012 2:10:14 AM PDT by Squawk 8888 (Tories in- now the REAL work begins!)
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To: NautiNurse

That would be my concern. If the kids don’t disturb me then it’s up to the parents to decide if it’s appropriate.


74 posted on 07/22/2012 2:12:05 AM PDT by Squawk 8888 (Tories in- now the REAL work begins!)
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To: HamiltonJay
Chill out, no one is blaming the victim, the question was asked about why someone would take children to the movie that late!

What if the children start crying, what about the other viewers?

The post had nothing with shifting guilt away from the murderer but was a broader question dealing with the culture.

75 posted on 07/22/2012 2:13:31 AM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: fortheDeclaration

To that I would say that parents (should) know their kids. I have known many kids, children of friends, who would not be a problem, and whenever I took them to a show they knew in advance that if they made trouble I’d take them outside. Generally speaking, mostly from my own experience, is that if they like the movie their behaviour is impeccable because they’re absorbed in the story.


76 posted on 07/22/2012 2:25:55 AM PDT by Squawk 8888 (Tories in- now the REAL work begins!)
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To: Lmo56

So if she’d been sixteen then it would be okay for her to be shot dead in a movie theater? I’m not sure I understand the point here.

We can argue all day long about what entertainment content is acceptable for children at what age, and opinions certainly differ on that, but I’m not seeing how the act of taking a child to a midnight movie makes the mother responsible for James Holmes killing the child, and shooting the mother in the process. She’s currently in critical condition in the hospital, shot twice in the abdomen and once in the neck. If she lives, her life is never going to be the same. Hopefully she doesn’t have people like you in her life who can tell her what a Bad Mom she was and it’s all her fault. Because it’s not.


77 posted on 07/22/2012 2:28:03 AM PDT by Saije
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To: Lmo56

The fact that the child is out at midnight seeing a movie doesn’t bother me. It’s summertime and two of my kids and I are night owls. My kids are not overly sheltered, but I don’t think I would have taken my daughter, who is 6 BTW, to a movie that intense. I don’t blame the mother for her daughter’s death. There’s only one creature responsible for that. I do feel terrible for the mom. She is paralyzed and her daughter is dead for no reason.


78 posted on 07/22/2012 2:36:15 AM PDT by beaversmom
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To: Saije

I agree, especially because no matter what anybody says she’ll be blaming herself anyway.


79 posted on 07/22/2012 2:37:40 AM PDT by Squawk 8888 (Tories in- now the REAL work begins!)
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To: beaversmom

I think part of the problem is that a lot of people don’t recognise the value of “late night moments” in bonding with their kids. For me, those moments were late movies, concerts, fireworks displays and the first moonwalk.


80 posted on 07/22/2012 2:42:38 AM PDT by Squawk 8888 (Tories in- now the REAL work begins!)
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