i think this was originally from thor, but i didn't have time to respond to it then. you don't protect kids by teaching them to find specific things as distasteful as you do. you do it by teaching them how to judge individual situations. the only way to be prepared for every possible moral quandary is to be "ready" for none of them...matt, who will be leaving the list soon and wishes to thank everyone for making the last 2-1/2 years in this intellectual hell a little more bearable. i will rejoin when i can. >>Are you kidding? I've read books about Rock climbing, deep sea fishing, and >>shooting herion. I've never done any of those. You don't protect by >>sheltering children. You protect by teaching them to find things as >>distateful as you do. >