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Australian Govt. Proposes Internet "Panic Button" For Kids
CuteSteveJobs writes "Children who feel they are being bullied, harassed or groomed online could call for help instantly using a 'panic button' on their PCs under a plan by the Australian Government's cyber-safety working group. The button shall look like a 'friendly dolphin,' who will connect the child victim instantly to police or child protection groups. Australian Internet Censorship Advocate Hetty 'Save the Children' Johnson says the Internet needs something like 000 or 911. Will this be another scheme wasting taxpayer dollars in lieu of parental supervison, or could it actually work? Are 1 in 4 children really sexually abused by the Internet? Can flaming and trolling be classified as bullying?"
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>>>I would have to say that they only have a bad track record according to those who are anti-police(
Really? Take a look at these videos, and explain to me why these people deserved to be arrested (or detained for questioning w/o probable cause). They had not done anything wrong and were cleared of all charged after they got out of jail.
Professor Gates - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n15KsSLQhBg
Young man stopped from traveling to Arlington Virginia from St. Louis - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0SXuclz47Y
Pastor traveling in AZ gets stopped, forced to submit to car search without warrant, and then beaten - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUzd7G875Hc
Many, many, many people arrested for using a videocamera - http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=arrested+for+taping&search_type=&aq=f
I repeat. Explain to me how ANY of these people "deserved" to be harassed by taxpayer servants (aka police). We'd all like to hear how you justify this.
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - historian Evelyn Beatrice Hall
I'm sure this Church Pastor and Community Leader also had lots of positive character witnesses in his favor. It didn't save him from being stopped, forced to submit to car search without warrant, and then beaten by the cops - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUzd7G875Hc
Or this guy: He was working for Congressman Ron Paul, and yet that status didn't shelter him from being harassed and blocked from travel - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0SXuclz47Y
Or this guy. He's a Cambridge professor! And yet he still got drug *out of his own front yard* and thrown into jail. His status did not protect him from the police. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n15KsSLQhBg - And it would not save you either. Your door would be busted down, house overturned as the police searched it, and you forced to submit to interrogation.
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>>>"rifle" not "riffle".
Oh look. I'm not talking to a real person - I'm talking to a dictionary bot. ;-) Nitpicking typos on an internet forum only makes you look even more foolish.
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - historian Evelyn Beatrice Hall