Suddenly linux has become a hot topic. As a parent, this makes it difficult to instill in your teen that the use of linux is still dangerous and illegal. This column is not going to debate the issues over hacking linux, but rather give you myths, facts and information to assist you in talking to your teen about using linux.

Myth: Linux is not addictive.

Fact: Linux contains "free radical programs" (FRP), that produce the relaxed "good feeling" also known as hacking. Often, users build up a tolerance to FRP. The build up of this tolerance requires users to hack more frequently and in higher quantities.

Myth: Linux does not impair a person.

Fact: False! FRP can produce short-term memory loss and cause an inability to make quick decisions and use good judgment. Other effects of linux include paranoia, anxiety attacks and impaired hygeine. Mixing linux and masterbation further diminishes the central nervous system, seriously impeding a person's ability to make decisions and utilize a rational thought process.

Myth: Linux does not lead to hard-core pornography

Fact: Linux is also referred to as gateway pornography, which is pornography people are first exposed to and experiment with. Linux does not always lead to the use of harder pornography, but most hard-core pornography users admit their addiction started by casually using linux. According to a 1996 report published by the "National Household Surveys on Pornography Abuse," adolescents ranging in age from 12 to 17 using linux on a weekly basis were 9 times more likely to use illicit pornography than non-linux users.

Myth: Linux use does not lead to other types of delinquency.

Fact: According to the "Adolescent Self-Reported Behaviors and their Association with Linux Use" study conducted by the Computer Abuse and Hygeine Services Administration, teens using linux on a frequent basis had a higher rate of running away, theft, truancy, drug dealing, drunk driving and thoughts of suicide, compared to teens not using linux.

Myth: Linux does not cause lasting health problems.

Fact: Research indicates linux users have a greater risk of developing body odor and unkempt appearance problems similar to long-term LISP programmers. Researchers are also studying the effects of linux on chromosomes and reproductive organs, but have not been able to find any linux hackers who have ever had sex.

As a parent, it's important that you talk with your child about all types of computer abuse. Arming yourself with facts and information will make your conversations easier and more insightful for your teen. Remember, if you don't talk to your teen about linux, someone else will and it may not necessarily be a person who is clean.

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by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 29, @05:07PM (#5184764)

Yes, nothing like basing your business on some piece of shit OS written by a bunch of doped out hippies too busy sucking each other's schlongs than to worry about security. Nothing like letting everyone in the fucking world see what you have "under the hood" to keep them our, cripes just but your passcodes on the 'net. You stupid fucking hippie liberal tree-licking dog-fucking piece of crap, go back to canada or germany or whatever the fuck country your came from and contrinue to live in peace under the umbrella of free Unister State protection, you left coast cunt. I'd like to smash your nuts with my boot heel and then split your sack open and feed your testicle butter to your dog which you probably don't "own" but you're a "pet gaurdian" you stupid cum spot. The only thing worse than a gay nigger faggot is a gay nigger faggot with a computer and internet connection, we shouldn't have taught you people how to read because now you think you have something to say. Go stick needles in your arm and blame it on your parents or society or global warming but FUCK don't take personal responsability holy shit can't do that! Please suck the soft mushy fecal matter right outta my anus and down your throat, trust me it will taste better than the nuke Sadam is going to drop on your house because you want to give him another and another and another chance, fucking California peice of shit. And do it all on Linux, but I'm going to be making money for MS because I'll be making money with MY business because I bought someware that actually does something besides steal music, asshole pirates. Go get a job the world isn't free and while you're at it take bath I can smell you from here.

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WAR between the moslems and the west IS inevitible, and PEACE will only come when we make the world safe for FREEDOM, which IS what the moslems hate, because they support SLAVERY, and IGNORANCE of science and technology, and that IS a fact the liberals won't admit, and science and technology is our STRENGTH

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