Comments on: Read reviews & watch ‘Digital Nation’ http://www.safekids.com/2010/02/01/thoughtful-reviews-of-digital-nation/ Online safety & civility Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:01:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Evelyn Ahmed http://www.safekids.com/2010/02/01/thoughtful-reviews-of-digital-nation/comment-page-1/#comment-18125 Evelyn Ahmed Tue, 11 May 2010 10:29:23 +0000 http://www.safekids.com/?p=764#comment-18125 Car Safety is always on the top of my head that is my i always use modern gadgets that could enhance the safety of my brand new car..*: Car Safety is always on the top of my head that is my i always use modern gadgets that could enhance the safety of my brand new car..*:

]]> By: tom sheepandgoats http://www.safekids.com/2010/02/01/thoughtful-reviews-of-digital-nation/comment-page-1/#comment-17473 tom sheepandgoats Sat, 06 Feb 2010 15:31:17 +0000 http://www.safekids.com/?p=764#comment-17473 I remember when Paul McCartney was said to have died in a car crash, and the other Beatles covered it up with a look-alike, and campus radio spoke of nothing else for days on end. My roommate urged me (unsuccessfully) to install a reverse gear on my turntable so as to play all Beatle records backwards, looking for hidden clues such as were to be found in someof their songs. The mainstream media was oblivious to the story, notwithstanding that the Beatles were the most popular rock group to date. They didn't ignore substantive news to break in breathlessly with update after update, as they would today, as they recently did with....say...the Tiger Woods sex escapades. I recall only one grumbling opinion piece, after several days had elapsed, to the effect that the Beatles...those unpredictable kids... may have fooled us all with their practical joke, but it was a sick laugh they must be having. I was upset about it. I wanted more airtime for our generation. But now I see it was a protection, from adults who still felt a collective sense of responsibility toward the younger generation. Or maybe they were just fuddy-duddys out of touch with changing times, but nonetheless, it was a protection. Let kids have their own generation, let them cultivate their own interests, but not to the exclusion of all else. Construct your society so that doesn't happen. Link them with ideas of the past, ideas that have roots, ideas that have endured over time. I remember when Paul McCartney was said to have died in a car crash, and the other Beatles covered it up with a look-alike, and campus radio spoke of nothing else for days on end. My roommate urged me (unsuccessfully) to install a reverse gear on my turntable so as to play all Beatle records backwards, looking for hidden clues such as were to be found in someof their songs. The mainstream media was oblivious to the story, notwithstanding that the Beatles were the most popular rock group to date. They didn’t ignore substantive news to break in breathlessly with update after update, as they would today, as they recently did with….say…the Tiger Woods sex escapades. I recall only one grumbling opinion piece, after several days had elapsed, to the effect that the Beatles…those unpredictable kids… may have fooled us all with their practical joke, but it was a sick laugh they must be having.

I was upset about it. I wanted more airtime for our generation. But now I see it was a protection, from adults who still felt a collective sense of responsibility toward the younger generation. Or maybe they were just fuddy-duddys out of touch with changing times, but nonetheless, it was a protection. Let kids have their own generation, let them cultivate their own interests, but not to the exclusion of all else. Construct your society so that doesn’t happen. Link them with ideas of the past, ideas that have roots, ideas that have endured over time.

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