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by vkou 209 days ago
While your slippery slope argument can be applied to literally anything that children are restricted from, it consistently fails to materialize.

Perhaps it's predictive power is not as expansive as you think.

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They won't ban Linux for containing "kill" but because it teaches kids to "hack" :)
Talk to your kids about the danger of using 'linux' today!

https://www.zdnet.com/article/uk-police-distance-themselves-...

I think there is such thing as a moat on legislative and cultural movement, whether that moat is good or not. So rather than "slippery slope" I think of it more like reducing or building moats.