• Indonesia Trying to Ban Children From Using Cell Phones
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[QUOTE][B]Jakarta.[/B] The Indonesian government is drafting rules that could see children banned from using cellphones. The move was announced by Yohana Yembise, the minister for women’s empowerment and child protection, on Wednesday. “We are currently drafting a set of rules [to forbid kids using cellphones],” the minister was quoted as saying by state-owned news agency Antara. “I think kids, especially the ones still in elementary schools, do not need cellphones,” she added. The minister, who was speaking at public seminar at Jakarta State University, said cellphones could lead children to harmful websites, including those containing pornography. [/QUOTE] Sauce: [url]http://thejakartaglobe.beritasatu.com/news/indonesia-child-cellphone-ban/[/url] The Indonesian government is unable to keep the country's children from smoking, drinking, fucking, and doing drugs....how do they expect to be able to stop the children from using cell phones?
They're basically trying to do what schools have been trying to do here for years and it's gonna end the same way. They're gonna give up after they put this into motion and, while the ban is gonna stay, no-one's gonna enforce it or give a damn that it's there.
Cellphones can be a vital lifeline for a child in any emergency, especially if they get snatched, they have a chance of contacting someone or the police. If you're really worried about them accessing porn or something, give them a flip phone or something that can only call and text. Is it really that hard?
lmao giving a shit to pornography
I thought this was going to be about wifi death rays or something. I feel slightly redeemed since the actual reasoning is just as stupid.
Indonesia is really fucked up and corrupt. I was there about three weeks ago and was "fined" an equivalent of 4 dollars for entering a known gay bar.
why where you fined .? for just entering a gay bar./?
Really? It's not like every cell phone is a smartphone. Indonesia's government is messed up.
political mileage again, what's new? These people just want to appeal to their outdated traditions and morals to keep their vote bank.
[QUOTE=jangalomph;47827988]The Indonesian government is unable to keep the country's children from smoking, drinking, fucking, and doing drugs....how do they expect to be able to stop the children from using cell phones?[/QUOTE] [URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkkMhKEfOqw"]This so much.[/URL] Kinda lol'd. Not at the kids smoking, or drinking, banning cellphones, But you know, the whole picture kinda thing.
[QUOTE]They also distracted kids from study and impaired their social skills, she said.[/quote] A nugget of truth within the article, and while I would like to see something done about the always wired nature of modern people(Most under 25s simply stop functioning when they don't have access to the internet, it's hilarious and sad at the same time) I don't think this is the way to go about it. All a ban does is encourage kids to be sneaky.
[QUOTE=theevilldeadII;47830321]why where you fined .? for just entering a gay bar./?[/QUOTE] Yeah there were like loads of cops in there, and one went up to me and gestured for me to give him some money, basically. So I assumed it's a regular thing at such places.
Did the cop look like this? [T]http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/01/21/article-1125202-0109F1FE00000578-736_468x728.jpg[/T] He may not hav been a cop
they also FUCKING BAN REDDIT reason: porn edit but they didn't ban 4chan
Leaving children without a phone just makes them easier prey for paedophiles.
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