Comments on: Innocent Angels

By: M4r3k

M4r3k — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 15:25:24 +0000

I totally agree with Robert and Chunky! Sorry to repeat the (now) tired old cliche but here in the UK it is really “political correctness gone mad” and… dare I say it’s the fault of the liberalists wanting to “protect” our kids?

By: shikamaru

shikamaru — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 06:16:18 +0000

I’m quite agree.
I have been too protected, hence I had a slight social prolonged immaturity.
I regret not being able to discover the world soon.
sorry for my english …

By: Rimmer

Rimmer — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 04:26:31 +0000

Here http://blog.milkboys.org/article/project-natal/#comment-34586 Uranist wrote: The technology is pretty amazing, but, of course, goes to show how scarily deprived of real interaction our society truly is. That we can interact with a computerised person is something of a step forward for human technology (though, to be honest, less of one than the polio vaccine), but that we can talk to a fake boy doesn’t mean that we should.

Perhaps one of the reasons we are so keen to talk to Milo is that we adults are effectively banned by law and society from talking to real boys – and talking to real boys is as natural as eating, a natural part of a healthy life.

Of course now that computer-produced and artist-produced erotica are being placed in the same legal category as “real” child pornography (downloading it was placed in the same legal category as *making* it several years ago) perhaps we will soon be locked up for daring to talk to Milo.

rrr

By: Chunky

Chunky — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 21:20:19 +0000

You have to remember that Great Britain is a sick country, especially socially, but politically and economically as well. It is a result of of not listening to the people for getting on for twenty years, and slowly destroying our education system for forty. By and large ordinary British people are sensible, but our rulers, law-makers and law enforcers (bureaucrats) live in a different world. I used to be proud of my country, but what’s left to be proud of?

By: Kilgore

Kilgore — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 20:52:38 +0000

Unfortunately, YouTube was forced to remove George Carlin’s Last special, “It’s all bullshit and it’s bad for ‘ya” due to copyright violation. Find it on the internet and listen to “Today’s professional parents!” it’s totally dead on!

By: Sven

Sven — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 13:42:39 +0000

Childhood was artificially created to protect children.
In the Middle Ages children were completely integrated in the society when they turned 7 years old.
Nowadays the trend is taking the direction of overprotection them.
I think we simple need some kind of balance between that.

By: Robert

Robert — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 11:00:34 +0000

The UK is an absolute joke, I used to help run a youth club a few years back a lot of these kids were the type that were out on the streets causing trouble while their parents were in the pub round the corner getting hammered. On many occasions some of these kids could come in quite upset over things, and yet you could not go up and give them a hug or comfort them because stupid political correctness states we cannot make any physical contact because obviously your some sort of sexual predator not because you want to help them. No wonder children and adults feel so disjointed from each other, adults are scared to do anything particuarly males (a reason why there are soo few male teachers) for fear of being branded a pedofile. I have heard from teachers who are friends of the family who have had to stop kids from holding their hands or giving them a hug becuase it would land them in trouble, and they wonder why kids feel so unloved and suicide rates are on the increase.

By: xavier

xavier — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 10:33:53 +0000

It is true, children are people too, and they have their good and bad moments. They are exercising their ability to be good and evil and this is why they need role models, male and female at school. They are in training, and they need correction when they make mistakes and positive guidance to help them make good decisions. Each child too has their own propensity for morality, with some being more trainable than others if they are prone to making the wrong decisions.

Children do need to be protected at school and further afield but not in such a way that they are protected from all the knocks of life; otherwise we are in danger of failing to inoculate them. Too much of what happens in the UK, throws the baby out with the bathwater.

By: fritters

fritters — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 07:45:21 +0000

The situation with few male teachers is exactly the same in the US, although I’m not sure what magnitude it’s at or why. Both my mother and father are elementary school teachers. My mother’s school doesn’t have any male classroom teachers. Zero. Nada. My father’s school has a few men, but the vast majority are women. I’ve heard that most of the reason is that fewer men are interested in elementary school education. Go figure.

BTW, I love the photograph. Those loose fitting robes look useful too.

By: Rimmer

Rimmer — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 07:03:20 +0000

“Adult” and “Child” are artificial, damaging categories – as anyone between the ages of 10 and 20 is fully aware. We are all *people*, and should be treated as such by each other.