It’s not even a debate if these controls are problematic. The litmus test is to mentally substitute the age field for an ancestry field and place the system in 1930’s Germany.

Coincidently, that system was provided by IBM.

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bluegatty 13 hours ago | parent [-]

'Preventing children from buying guns is Nazism!'

Actually, this sentiment is a 'litmus test' for common sense.

We use age discrimination universally in all affairs, across the globe, across all cultures.

Of course the same thing is going to apply to 'content', it's just a lot harder and creates ugly externalizations.

It's a real problem, with no real solutions, at least not yet.

	▲	cluckindan 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Nobody is arguing that gun shops shouldn’t check buyers’ ID. That’s a strawman. The situation is more like we set up a new system of checkpoint booths on every highway at city limits, and anyone entering the city gets their ID checked, and that is justified by claiming that it’s so children can’t buy guns.