Posts by Kerry Weston
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I'd be curious to know how other PA posters guide, control, censor their kids' internet experiences - and tv/movies, come to that. i suspect Ive been rather lax, in some people's eyes. My youngest son was 10 when we got a computer, we've never had filtering. They know I can track where they've been and would do random checks. For pre-teens, they simply wouldn't have internet access in my house.
Basically, I've tried to get across that there is a huge scale of possibilities and where offensive/dangerous begins varies according to the viewer/reader. They've had my own values demonstrated of course - like turning off particularly gross episodes of nip/tuck, or mutterings of "we don't need to see that" over whatever I feel is unnecessary. They bring those values to their experiences. I don't have or watch porn, violent blah etc, but I have painted naked bods and they're up on the walls.
I simply do not believe that censorship or any form of pretending the world is different to what it is helps prepare them for dealing with reality. I teach them discrimination by example and discussion. And, hey, if they really want to see something, they'd just go to someone else's house on the quiet - can't control what other people do.
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but the point of a gun was the only law Liberty understood
when it came to shooting straight and fast
a-he was mighty goood....gee, thanks for getting __that__tune playing remorselessly in ma head.
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Caribou Barbie anyone?
http://www.collegeotr.com/college_otr/sarah_palin_as_caribou_barbie_realized_11282
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Who was Pancho Villa then? See, I've been so impressed with Craig's literary recall, i took it as fact. :)
Can this help you Kerry? Gotta keep your eye on Mr Ranapia:-)
Thanks, Sofie :) I looked him up on wiki and wondered if he inspired Zorro (my hero) but no. I do enjoy Arturo Perez Reverte though
[{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arturo_P%C3%A9rez-Reverte}]Hope that link worked (wiki), his Queen of the South and Dumas -inspired novels are great.
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Who was Pancho Villa then? See, I've been so impressed with Craig's literary recall, i took it as fact. :)
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So has anyone figured out what Owen Glenn is all about? Seems to have plenty of money to throw around, a bad memory and fancies a title - is that it?
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a dead metaphor, dangling referent-free in the linguistic breeze.
Post-election Winston?
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Oh, and just think of the outfits, Danielle...something spesh for lunch dates, matching jackets and hats for a walk in the park, matching painted toenails. ..
I've tried to convince our cat to wear a balaclava when he's out on his raiding missions, but he's not buying into it.
You could just clip the big dogs - patterns, a few streaks - a tattoo??
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Shows how ahead of her time my mother was - back in the day she wrote to someone (either TVNZ or KFC, I can't recall) making exactly that point about that advertisment.
Ha! My very first letter of complaint *nay, outrage* was written to whatever passed for the TV Guide (TV Weekly?) to complain about all the *mean* things they did to Lassie. Poor old Lassie had just missed being splattered by a train, rescuing somebody and I'd found out that there were several dogs playing the role of the daring-do dog, so i wanted to know how many had been sacrificed for the show...
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breaking naturally independent people down, turning them into obedient workers and blind consumers is largely the point of the modern structure.
I reckon. Saddling young ones with massive student loans so they have to get a flash well-paid job(s) and partnering up, so they have the requisite double income to enter mortgage heaven, not to mention never getting unplanned-for pregnant, caught drink-driving, on drugs or even smoking (if one wants private health) so they are suitably clean for the job market.
It's not a recipe for independent, creative, joyful people.