Con-Lib Nuttiness Redux

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Idle thought - if curfews on under-16s are imposed in the next year or so, there will be a lot of VERY annoyed new voters come the next election.

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[robertprior.livejournal.com]

Practically, they will stop young-looking folks who are causing (or look like they might cause) trouble.

More to the point, who pays the fine? If it's the parents, what powers will they have to force the youngsters to stay home? One of our local wingnuts on council floated the idea of a curfew with fines for parents (big fines, like thousands of dollars) and my first reaction was to wonder how many teenagers would use staying out late as a threat to blackmail their parents…