This is what she’s angry about

Get a fucking grip, Ayesha. This is like being offended by Tesco selling tampons or toothbrushes or something.

an older child, who is also innocent, might understand what it is

By definition, if someone knows what these things are, they aren’t “innocent”. It’s not like they scream sex toy. They even look like they could be vapes or something.

Intentionally loud exhausts are obnoxious and selfish. As much as I dislike it, however, I’d far rather deal with the noise than having yet more surveillance. We’re already the #3 most surveilled country in the world, only the USA and China is worse.