Comments on: John Birmingham on Internet filters http://stilgherrian.com/politics/birmingham_on_filters/ All publication is a political act. All communication is propaganda. All art is pornography. All business is personal. All hail Eris. Vive les poissons rouges sauvages! Sat, 19 May 2012 21:24:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Crispin http://stilgherrian.com/politics/birmingham_on_filters/#comment-9500 Crispin Mon, 14 Jan 2008 05:51:24 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/politics/birmingham_on_filters/#comment-9500 <b>You wouldn’t set a small child loose in the city and expect the government to step in and do your child-minding for you.</b> Ahhh, but the vast majority of parents do EXACTLY that with children 11 years and older. It's not about the "small child" -- its about the pre-teen, early-teens and pubescent children. A child has to be a functional reader and writer to be vulnerable to internet pedophilia, and the majority of these children are left unsupervised or institution supervised for the larger part of their waking hours. Parents seem to have decided that the government will teach children Morals and Ethics as well as Reading, wRiting and 'Rithmetic. (sigh). You wouldn’t set a small child loose in the city and expect the government to step in and do your child-minding for you.

Ahhh, but the vast majority of parents do EXACTLY that with children 11 years and older.

It’s not about the “small child” — its about the pre-teen, early-teens and pubescent children.

A child has to be a functional reader and writer to be vulnerable to internet pedophilia, and the majority of these children are left unsupervised or institution supervised for the larger part of their waking hours.

Parents seem to have decided that the government will teach children Morals and Ethics as well as Reading, wRiting and ‘Rithmetic. (sigh).

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