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As an Australian parent, congratulations: you are the problem. I for one was on a public panel with politicians discussing how ridiculous this proposal was, a

As an Australian parent, congratulations: you are the problem. I for one was on a public panel with politicians discussing how ridiculous this proposal was, a couple of months ago, before it passed. The government gives all children email addresses while simultaneously banning them from social media. Only a bureaucracy could do this with a straight face. IMHO as a technology-engaged parent the answer to complexity online (and in the entire world) for young people is education, not "ask the Nanny state to change the rules". Timelessly compressed: "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." - Benjamin Franklin.

thombles 2y ago
> The government gives all children email addresses while simultaneously banning them from social media. Only a bureaucracy could do this with a straight face. If you think it's email that is causing youth mental health issues then I see why you are confused about my enthusiasm.
- contingencies 2y ago
  Yeah sure, by that logic: what's next, ban networking for septuagenarians? Ban bingo as a dangerous gateway to online gambling? Ridiculous. Or perhaps the ultimate result: a brain license. You can comment online when you can construct a logical argument free of fallacy. Otherwise, stay in your hole. I'm sure society would be much better off with a Truman Show 'constabubble' for all, consuming rehashed and reverberated stereotypical pre-preference like spoonfed semi-souls locked in eternal preteen angst where the illiterati's pop-pinnacle of eloquence is dwelling on the artfully anticipative breathless pause before celebrating the only universally valid response: emotional offense and outrage at anyone or anything that can be construed as threatening the sacred illiterati-ignobubble. Stop being spoon-fed, grow the fork up, pick up the metaphoric knife and teach your kids to use it to pop their own bubble and dissect unfiltered reality: that's the one we actually live in. See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/THX_1138 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/THX_1138 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four

thombles 2y ago

> The government gives all children email addresses while simultaneously banning them from social media. Only a bureaucracy could do this with a straight face. If you think it's email that is causing youth mental health issues then I see why you are confused about my enthusiasm.

contingencies 2y ago
Yeah sure, by that logic: what's next, ban networking for septuagenarians? Ban bingo as a dangerous gateway to online gambling? Ridiculous. Or perhaps the ultimate result: a brain license. You can comment online when you can construct a logical argument free of fallacy. Otherwise, stay in your hole. I'm sure society would be much better off with a Truman Show 'constabubble' for all, consuming rehashed and reverberated stereotypical pre-preference like spoonfed semi-souls locked in eternal preteen angst where the illiterati's pop-pinnacle of eloquence is dwelling on the artfully anticipative breathless pause before celebrating the only universally valid response: emotional offense and outrage at anyone or anything that can be construed as threatening the sacred illiterati-ignobubble. Stop being spoon-fed, grow the fork up, pick up the metaphoric knife and teach your kids to use it to pop their own bubble and dissect unfiltered reality: that's the one we actually live in. See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/THX_1138 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/THX_1138 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four