As an avid reader of MobileCrunch, you’ll recall yesterday’s article on a possible ban of cell phones from all Australian public schools. Australia is a country that loves to ban things. Law abiding citizens aren’t able to own a gun there, so only criminals have them. Even collectible swords are kept out of the hands of fellow citizens. But school children all over Australia hopped for joy when they learned mobile phones wouldn’t be banned.
School officials were concerned about electronic bullying, where the bully posts nasty things about the victim on Web sites like YouTube. While it is a terrible thing to do, a vast majority of Australia’s 740,000 public school students don’t participate in such activity.
The ignorant people who want to ban new technology when new problems arise have been defeated once more. Now, if I could only convince the Australian government to let me open a gun and knife emporium…
As much as I agree that mobile phones should not be banned in schools, I’m disappointed with the political angle you felt you had to include in your post.
Guns have no place in education. In Australia, we’ve certainly not had the repeated incidence of school and college shootings that have so tragically befallen countries with more tolerant stances on firearms. Perhaps this is because students here find it so much harder to obtain a gun.
Enough said.
The tongue-in-cheek comments by John Kullman are simply too obvious to miss. Or at least I thought so. And there was no suggestion of guns having a place in education, where did that come from? People here in Oz are educated in their use and safety as part of the process of obtaining one for legitimate purposes.
Lighten up Leonard.
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