Cyberbullies?
How do you know you’re spending too much time on the computer? When you’re responding to “cyber-bullies” AND trying to get government to pass laws to punish those who are “bullies.” Here’s a clue, lawmakers: you don’t have a clue. Any law passed regarding “cyber bullies” is going to be 100% worthless. You don’t have the jurisdiction! And yes, I’m aware this will just be another reason the controlling leftists will demand a one world government.
But hey, look at the data used in this report:
As many as one in three U.S. children have been ridiculed or threatened through computer messages, according to one estimate of the emerging problem of cyberbullying.
Another new study found the problem is less common, with one in 10 kids reporting online harassment.
Oh, in other words, we have no idea how many are “reporting” this stuff. But wait, where did the data come from?
Wolak’s study was a telephone survey of 1,500 Internet users, ages 10 to 17.
Um, what? How many 10-year old phone numbers does this guy have access to? Maybe it’s just me, but I don’t know a whole lot of 10-year olds who have their own phones. But well, he’s a government researcher, so he must be right. Oh, but how does this compare to other places?
The schoolyard continues to be a source of in-person bullying: Studies indicate roughly 17 percent of early adolescents say they are victims of recurring verbal aggression or physical harassment.
So let me make sure I understand this — when the government forces children to gather in a place where they do not want to be, under penalty of prison, and where the children are directly supervised at all moments by government, SEVENTEEN percent are victims of bullies. But this very same government things that they can pass a law regarding the internet — a place where government has no control and zero possibility of supervision — and they think they can reduce a number that may already only be at TEN percent?
This is yet another example that shows how utterly and clueless government bureaucrats and legislators can be. They honestly have no idea what they’re doing. Government is not the solution to ANY problem — they are only capable of creating MORE problems. Stop turning to government for a solution — they don’t have ANY.
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Ogre, completely off topic but I couldn’t seem to locate an your email address. I’m dropping a manual trackback to an old post from here:
http://www.secondbreakfast.net/archives/004102.html
Heh. Thanks for the link! I’m in transit between sites at the moment, so I guess I forgot to put my email contact info up here. I’ll get it up real soon, somewheres…
On topic, this post must be in reference to the news story I saw on Fox, where a 13 year old girl was harrassed by neighbor women on the internet and committed suicide. So now they think they can legislate maturity and common deciency??? That’s what the adult purps needed to have “infused” in that case. It is ridiculous that these things happen, but… you are right on! The government has yet to fix a social problem in the history of the world. Lack of common sense in adults (the neighbor that harrassed the child and the parents that obviously didn’t supervise the child’s cyber time) can’t be fixed by legislation!
Yes, this is a direct result of that case — another example where government sees a “problem” and immediately runs to create a “solution” — which always costs money and creates more problems and doesn’t actually solve any problems.
Let’s see, the Government is in the school biz, daycare biz, parenting, and now they want to go into the counselling biz to fix social ilks and dysfunction! Here’s a unique idea… why don’t they just do “government stuff”!!!
Because then they would REDUCE in power — not a goal of 99% of the elected officials and vehemently opposed by 99% of all government employees.
You can give me bullet points if you like, but how would one go about trying to change the whole system Ogre?
The one thing that bugs me quite a bit is the fact that the President is really only a figure head. He can influence policy, but he doesn’t make the laws and legislation. His only power is to use vetos, declare War in a crisis and appoint Supreme Court Justices (which still have to be approved by Congress!) Granted, a faux pas on the international scene by a sitting president can cause major problems, but still, he/she (heaven forbid the latter!) is only a diplomatic figure head. The only way, if Hillary gets in, she could do any real damage, is to have a House and Senate majority (both houses of Congress). And that hasn’t happened a lot in my lifetime. I do know Bush seems to have done a lot of damage, but he had help from many members of Congress… some of the same ones that jumped ship midway through Iraq… Like Ms. Clinton. If one looks at all the safeguards built into our system by our forefathers, well people “Blaming Bush” for everything is kind of…shall I say, Dumb. What are your thoughts?
Which system? Education? Honestly, I don’t believe the current government education system can be fixed. There are way, way too many people depending on the system for jobs, money, and power. It’s not about educating children in any way, shape, or form. If you want to fix education, the only way is to completely get rid of it. The federal department of Education should be just completely gone. Let states figure out what to do. Then most of the state departments of education should disappear, too.
Seriously, do you know what would happen if all government education systems disappeared tomorrow? There would be a massive, massive explosion in jobs and expansions of businesses like you’ve never seen in this country. I know, because I would quit my job in a minute and start my own school the day this happened — and I know a lot of other people who would do the same.