“While there are specific challenges and lessons to learn about the gender and sexuality issues you are focusing on today,”

This might be true but doesn’t each type of bullying have their own ‘specific challenges and lessons to learn’? What makes sexuality issues more worthy of a special program? It may be a worthy program but how can it be more worthy than other such programs? If someone is in pain from bullying then how do you decide who is in the most pain? Is the program saying that the pain endured by kids with sexual issues is greater? How would they measure that?

It is obvious by the fact that they have created a special program for kids with sexual issues that they see it as the most important. It is reasonable to ask why.

“Condensed to fit here and well worth reading in its entirety”

You must have been the victim of a lot of sarcasm when you were young. Isn’t that how it works?

Dear Poirot,

Here's a link that helps explain the objections to the Safe
Schools Program:

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/safe-schools-program-is-making-a-difference-20160227-gn5axk.html

Foxy:

So you have been sick but you have been well enough to post quite a few times while you were sick so you must have been keeping up with things. It hasn’t hampered you ability to read and write so why can’t you answer the questions that have been put to you?

phanto,

Make up your mind...

"It is obvious by the fact that they have created a special program for kids with sexual issues that they see it as the most important. It is reasonable to ask why."

A few posts ago you waxed lyrical:

"Anyone who has watched the news in the last week knows that there is a special part of the program which focuses on kids with sexual issues."

So it's a program - and part of the program addresses bullying on the issue of sexuality.

You appear to be having the vapours over "part" of a program directed at one issue, but not doing the same over other issues. Since many issues are covered in the program, why aren't you doing your block over bullying of fat children, or quiet children, or autistic children?

Nope your outrage is directed solely at children who are bullied for their sexuality....even going so far on another thread to confect a scenario whereby you insinuate the young person in question may be the bully!

People with attitudes like yours are the reason these types of programs are instituted.

.......

Thanks Foxy,

Here's something from Bill Shorten on the issue:

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/feb/29/bill-shorten-christensen-and-bernardi-remind-us-of-the-harm-words-can-do?CMP=soc_568

(Which should give otb hours of fun and loads of ammo for his next post:)

phanto,

"Foxy:

So you have been sick but you have been well enough to post quite a few times while you were sick so you must have been keeping up with things. It hasn’t hampered you ability to read and write so why can’t you answer the questions that have been put to you?"

While we understand that you get your jollies from verbally targeting anyone you consider fair game...the truly scintillating aspect of your blather is it's usually crap.

Foxy did not post while she was initially convalescing. She was away for a couple of months.

The most likely reason that she's not answered all your questions is because most of it is constructed garbage banging around between the two or three outraged neurons that inhabit your cranium...it's like a pinball machine in there!

So called "Transgender" schoolchildren are a miniscule part of the school population. These getup jobbies used them so as to bully the vast majority of the school population.
Evidence, when I was a lad it was "Coloured" people then it was "Black People" and now it is "People of Colour". What an absolute crock! The fact is these filthy Backup facistrs attack people who use the wrong terminology but of course behind their backs with that grubby little Tony Jones helping.
I want a list of "Approved" terms then any change should be rewarded with the Get-up rubbish being charged with racial insults and put through the wringer. These disgusting creatures, were so much in evidence on Monday's "Q & A".Bully everyone on the basis of words that Getup keep changing.
I fully expect to see "Transgenders" sueing us for the ridiculous amount of surgery wrongfully inflicted on them. Another lawyer's picnic!
By the bye can one of you geniuses explain to me Bruce Jenner? He has a pair of testicles, a penis and fake breasts and is a woman called Caitlyn? Please take a cold shower!