But one of the issues is that the people who say 'no children at cons' rarely set any kind of cut-off age to that. And some will repeatedly say that conventions are adult events - in Australia most 'adult' events are for 18+.
The real issue is that it's a 'I don't like A, so I don't want any instance of it around,' and A is a highly subject element. It's just another form of bigotry.
Hell, one of the most persistently unpleasant people I've had to deal with at conventions is from another country, but I'd never think, 'Hey we should ban anyone from that country from attending, on the off chance that they will be the same.'
I'm not saying all children are perfect little angels or anything, there have been those I could cheerfully strangle. The same goes for adults. Physical age is not indicative of maturity or behaviour, these things need to be taken on a case by case basis.
Which is why I believe blanket bans of any age group of children is unworkable and unfair - because you will always have individuals within that range that are well behaved, and individuals outside that range, and well into adulthood, whose behaviour is annoying at best.
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Date: 2010-01-28 12:09 am (UTC)The real issue is that it's a 'I don't like A, so I don't want any instance of it around,' and A is a highly subject element. It's just another form of bigotry.
Hell, one of the most persistently unpleasant people I've had to deal with at conventions is from another country, but I'd never think, 'Hey we should ban anyone from that country from attending, on the off chance that they will be the same.'
I'm not saying all children are perfect little angels or anything, there have been those I could cheerfully strangle. The same goes for adults. Physical age is not indicative of maturity or behaviour, these things need to be taken on a case by case basis.
Which is why I believe blanket bans of any age group of children is unworkable and unfair - because you will always have individuals within that range that are well behaved, and individuals outside that range, and well into adulthood, whose behaviour is annoying at best.