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Clive Hamilton the Net Nanny : Comments

By Kerry Miller, published 24/11/2008

Christian Right follows Clive Hamilton's lessons in their push for Internet censorship.

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Steel

What an imagination you have! You are reading meanings into my posts that aren't even there.

I am concerned that children do not receive adequate education about human sexuality - hence my concern.I am NOT in favour of censoring the net - haven't you read ANY of my posts?

Of course not - I am a WOMAN expressing HER opinion, which clearly makes me a subversive, hairy feminazi whose goal is the complete subjugation of men.

RStuart - I suggest you read the following post, I do have a great deal of faith in men.

http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=8176&page=0#129203

However I also believe we could do a lot better with teaching our children about each other and generating much more respect between the sexes. I am a confident woman now, but there was a time when very young I was unsure of myself and much more easily manipulated by men who knew a lot more about life than I. I learned about sex by having sex - not the best way for anyone. Fortunately my intelligence and determination got me through my teens, but I have to say a lot of luck was involved too.

Cheers guys
Posted by Fractelle, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 8:55:47 AM
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Fractelle: "I learned about sex by having sex - not the best way"

Assuming you aren't saying the awkward talk we all received about the birds and bees is learning, then on the contrary Fractelle, I'd say learning about sex by doing it is the only way. In that respect it is no different from driving a car, maths, or cricket.

To suggest that porn is going to warp some teenagers perception of sex for the rest of their life is just absurd. You might as well say watching car racing on TV is going to turn us all into speeding lunatics, or that it is responsible for the dumb things kids do in cars. Or you could say watching our cricketing greats smash every ball in a 20/20 game is going to destroy our next generation of cricket players.

At the other end of the scale I recall sitting and watching some afternoon television show with my then teenage daughter and her friends. The males in it weren't a species I recognised. They were very considerate of the girls, empathising with them, to the extent of having discussions between themselves about the girls feelings and needs. After watching this for a while it crossed my mind that if the girls thought they were going to find a boy like this they were in for a big disappointment. So I said to them something along the lines of "you realise no male on the planet behaves like this", to which they earnestly replied "yes they do!". Hmmm. What now? Was my little girl doomed to go through life, single, looking for the perfect man? Nah - the thought was absurd.

Learning by doing is how it should happen. There are two worse scenarios. The first is learning without doing, then insisting you know more than someone who has real experience. The second is doing and not learning. Like for instance, watching the Internet bringing a flood of porn over the past decade, noticing no measurable increasing in anything, then claiming porn causes harm. Now that is a real worry.
Posted by rstuart, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 10:37:16 AM
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An opportunity to have your say on CONROY'S WEBSITE ABOUT FILTERING.

see it here: http://www.dbcde.gov.au/communications_for_business/industry_development/digital_economy/future_directions_blog/topics/digital_economy_benefit

Today (10 Dec 2008) Conroy's Department put up a short post on his website. Those concerned about the many problems of the Conroy/Labor/Rudd policy of FILTERING are having their say. Checkout the link above.

The response so far is strongly against such technical idiocy. Yet some groups may use the Website to turn the stats in Favour of filtering.

Watchout. If you want to use the opportunity offered to make a difference about censorship and internet slowing due to Filtering p just express your democratic rights at the following http://www.dbcde.gov.au/communications_for_business/industry_development/digital_economy/future_directions_blog/topics/digital_economy_benefit

Pete
Posted by plantagenet, Wednesday, 10 December 2008 10:35:05 PM
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