Curfews a Non-respect of Freedom
Apr 6th 2007CarlEquality & Individual Freedom & Political & USA
More or less official curfews seem to become more common in some countries. Even shopping malls in the United States are forbidding young people to come shopping without their parents (See article of The Times).
In the shopping mall mentioned in the article people under 16 are not allowed to come in the shopping mall after 3 pm on Saturdays and Sundays if not accompanied by parents.
To me it sounds like discrimination and a limitation of the freedom of movement. In the society nowadays shopping malls are such an important place to spend time that it is hard to accept such curfews especially with the starting time as early as 3pm. That’s in the middle of the afternoon(!)
By denying some people the right to come to normal stores based solely on their age is just plain discrimination.
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Nina on 18 Apr 2007 at 11:37 #
I think I can understand what you are saying and I agree that it’s a quite crazy rule. You often talk about the discrimination (wich is a good thing!) but I think you should do an article just about this thing with the definition of the dictionnary and yours. It’s an important theme,isn it? But so many people see the discrimination differently, sometimes, it isn’t a discrimination when for someone else it is. And that’s just because we have so different perception of this world “discrimination”. When does it become discrimination, why are some things considered as discrimination and some others not, (…)(and what can we do instead of that to solve the problems. But that’s another topic, there is always some discrimination, because of this definition wich is different for everyone,as I already said. There is always one who feels bad. That could be an interesting question, how many people do we need to feel bad or rejected to say that it’s discrimination?)What’s the limit in the differences between two people to be allowed to have exactly the same rights? Or does the differences between people simply have any importance to have or not the same rights?
But that was my suggestion… But I know that it takes time to write and think about this things in such details and it’s difficult to give quickly an answer to that when it can change every year with the situation of the planet and people, with the logic of the world if there is one 
I wrote too much
mani on 07 May 2008 at 23:44 #
If adults expect us to be responsible why don’t they grow up and start treating us with the respect we all deserve and whenever we try to justify our actions we get shut down it just isn’t right. They might think they are protecting us from a harsh world but if we don’t learn in a safe environment then our future’s lie hand in hand with our own doom…
Alex on 06 Jun 2008 at 3:19 #
Im 15 and im in the mall all the time without my mom past there if they are gonna make stupid rules like that they might as well enforce them.
kenzie on 17 Apr 2009 at 20:36 #
Age is Mind over Matter!! You may be a certain age but that doesnt nessesarily mean you act it. Im 17 and Some say they wouldnt see me as a 17 year old! I act like im 24 or something. lol. But besides that, Not all Minors are the same. Not every person under 18 should have their rights taken away because of what a couple immature people did. Government seems lazy. Instead of busting the ones that did the crime, they just take way everyones rights. That is discrimination and alot dont deserve it
fusywaywofe on 29 Jul 2009 at 7:24 #
Hi folks!
I just want to say hello to you all,
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