Comments on: UK Plans to Keep Kids Safe on the Web, Ignores History http://technosailor.com/2008/12/29/uk-plans-to-keep-kids-safe-on-the-web-ignores-history/ Web Technology and Real Life Merge Sat, 06 Mar 2010 03:27:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0-alpha By: Mary Emma Allen http://technosailor.com/2008/12/29/uk-plans-to-keep-kids-safe-on-the-web-ignores-history/comment-page-1/#comment-249573 Mary Emma Allen Tue, 30 Dec 2008 13:54:42 +0000 http://technosailor.com/?p=7183#comment-249573 This smacks of government control and taking responsibility away from parents...individuals the government seems to deem unable to raise their children. The "Village" concept is just another way of government control of our lives, our children...and our minds. Thanks for giving your take on this, Aaron, and giving us something to think about. This smacks of government control and taking responsibility away from parents…individuals the government seems to deem unable to raise their children. The “Village” concept is just another way of government control of our lives, our children…and our minds. Thanks for giving your take on this, Aaron, and giving us something to think about.

]]> By: steven http://technosailor.com/2008/12/29/uk-plans-to-keep-kids-safe-on-the-web-ignores-history/comment-page-1/#comment-249571 steven Tue, 30 Dec 2008 12:53:07 +0000 http://technosailor.com/?p=7183#comment-249571 Great post Bro. don't forget your roots. This smacks of WWO. Peace Great post Bro. don’t forget your roots. This smacks of WWO. Peace

]]> By: 9to5to9 http://technosailor.com/2008/12/29/uk-plans-to-keep-kids-safe-on-the-web-ignores-history/comment-page-1/#comment-249569 9to5to9 Tue, 30 Dec 2008 08:14:58 +0000 http://technosailor.com/?p=7183#comment-249569 Good post in a blood-boiling, "can't they think of more important things to do" sort of way. I'm sure there's a certain set of Nervous Nellie parents like Mr. Cultural Minister, who sees the Internet as “quite a dangerous place.” I hope they're not in the majority, here or in Great Britain. There's no denying there are things on the Internet that children shouldn't see, just as there are things on television, in newspapers and in day-to-day life they shouldn't see. But you are absolutely right: It's not the government's job to protect my children from those things; it's mine. And even if it were the government's job, giving officialdom the right to poke and prod at my Facebook and YouTube accounts is not the way to go about it. Particularly not when that government is an ocean away. Good post in a blood-boiling, “can’t they think of more important things to do” sort of way.

I’m sure there’s a certain set of Nervous Nellie parents like Mr. Cultural Minister, who sees the Internet as “quite a dangerous place.” I hope they’re not in the majority, here or in Great Britain.

There’s no denying there are things on the Internet that children shouldn’t see, just as there are things on television, in newspapers and in day-to-day life they shouldn’t see.

But you are absolutely right: It’s not the government’s job to protect my children from those things; it’s mine. And even if it were the government’s job, giving officialdom the right to poke and prod at my Facebook and YouTube accounts is not the way to go about it. Particularly not when that government is an ocean away.

]]> By: Susan Getgood http://technosailor.com/2008/12/29/uk-plans-to-keep-kids-safe-on-the-web-ignores-history/comment-page-1/#comment-249541 Susan Getgood Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:23:27 +0000 http://technosailor.com/?p=7183#comment-249541 In my experience, governmental efforts like this are less about parents passing the buck than politicians grabbing it for their own purposes. In my experience, governmental efforts like this are less about parents passing the buck than politicians grabbing it for their own purposes.

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