Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by drdaeman 469 days ago
If we don't trust the legislative and see them as malevolent entities with their own agendas unaligned with those of their constituents, then, yes, a checkbox opens a path for further abuse.

If we trust the legislative to have a modicum of common sense and don't try to invent a technical solution to a non-technical problem, then a warning "what you're going to see is not for the younger audiences" might be a reasonable compromise.

And it's a shame we live in a world where the former doesn't sound completely nuts.