Just to be argumentative….. (not sure what I believe here)

What is your take on enforcement of, say, movie ratings and censorship. According to wikipedia (i.e. fact), some jurisdictions may impose on movie theaters the legal obligation of refusing the entrance of children or minors to R or X movies. You could put viewing movies in the category of privilege not rights along with driving and smoking. But, I think a documentary (a-hem) or another act of speech that deals with heavily violent imagery or even one showing pornographic material can serve an important purpose, and free speech is so central and vital in a democracy that it goes beyond priviledge.

Does the state have the right to say a child is not mature enough to see an editorial that shows pornography or bomb victims? Should we just leave that up to parenting? Ok, would there be any legal ground that parents could shut down a “Documentaries About Pornography Inc” shop outside of the neighborhood pre school?

If you support any law or lawsuit that says that one citizen can not handle an item of free speech that another can, because of age alone, that may be able to run with that to put a crack in the kids-can-vote argument. You don’t see this with impaired or other discriminated groups.