[GLLUG] more Penguicon thoughts

[Richard Houser]

Exactly, it's all a matter of censorship and liability.  Whether it 
would stand up in court or not, I'd rather Penguicon not end up in a 
legal battle over something a kid did or saw while at Penguicon.  I was 
shooting for the same type of thing, but picked 13 as that was the age 
given in the Penguicon materials for age appropriateness.  Personally, 
I'd be all for bumping that up to 16 or so, but I was just basing it off 
the verbiage existing rules.  Eighteen seems too old of a limit to me, 
as a 16 year old could legally create offspring of his/her own.

Perhaps we could get Penguicon to require permission slips and issue 
different badge colors to minors?  I.e., someone cannot enter with a 
blue badge (minor) unless accompanied with a green badge (adult).  Those 
  16+ (or whatever age) with parents requesting unrestricted access get 
an orange badge.


Caleb Cushing wrote:
> I got nothing against kids. but here's the way to look at it.
> 
> WE DON'T CENSOR THE COMPUTER LOUNGE
> 
> people could look at pr0n on the computers, it would be slow but they 
> could. they could look at pictures of people with bullet wounds (or 
> there face blown off, and I know where to find some of this). we aren't 
> censoring things. I think It would just be better to have a sign kids 
> under the age of 18 _should_ be accompanied by an adult, and we are not 
> responsible for anything they are exposed to, including but not limited 
> to, profanity, violence, and nudity. Unless someone wants to install 
> nanny software and lock the terminal server down next year. Maybe I'll 
> pull a Tyler Durden with the projector to prove a point (if you don't 
> get the reference go watch, or read the book, "fight club", I have 
> copies of both).