Comments on: It Only Took a Day, Kids

By: jake

jake — Fri, 09 May 2008 13:18:02 +0000

James R: “Internet chat rooms” ??

In this instance it IS pandering. Because there’s nothing an AG from Kentucky can do to stop people from having a MySpace account.

It’s always silly things like requiring perverts to register their email addresses with the courts or whatever. I’m not sure who came up with that idea first, but, uh, have they ever been on the internet for more than a few minutes? If you’ve got ten minutes you can register ten fake email addresses with ease.

By: James R

James R — Fri, 09 May 2008 12:45:10 +0000

Call me crazy, but I accept anything that will stop some of the problems that facebook, aol, and other internet chat rooms cause. Most Kentuckians do. The internet is a wonderful thing, but it can be abused by people who want to abuse it and should be watched by law enforcement.
I guess some people see that when certain politicians do the right thing it is pandering, when other politicians do the right thing it is real change. Give me a break.
I agree with Steve though, lets expand the program Hillary Clinton got passed- K-Chips.

By: Yellow Dog

Yellow Dog — Fri, 09 May 2008 12:42:03 +0000

Amen to all. This is classic fear-mongering over a scary but minimal threat to hide total lack of action on real threats that are boring and hard to deal with.

I remember at a fundraiser hearing Conway talk about stopping Internet pervs being his first priority, and my heart sank.

Conway’s far from alone, but it’s still depressing.

Way past time to clone John Yarmuth.

By: Steve Bittenbender

Steve Bittenbender — Fri, 09 May 2008 11:12:52 +0000

If we want to protect children, why don’t we work harder to expand K-CHIP?

I realize that’s not under Jack Conway’s purview, but that would do so much more to help our kids than this Facebook agreement.

Besides, I thought Facebook was mostly for college students and adults. How many tweens have Facebook pages?

By: JeffNLou

JeffNLou — Fri, 09 May 2008 01:34:48 +0000

I’ll tell you what…I’ll be one to say it out loud. This is all about the exploitation of children, specifically for politcal gain. Sure, it’s a valid issue, per se, but in the context of any form of politics it becomes a tool used to manipulate the voting masses. It strikes at the child-reverence element of culture & society, which did not exist, at least not in it’s current form, until Dr. Spock sold lots of books & made lots of money writing about it when the baby boom hit. Again, it’s an admirable cause, but, of course, it’s aimed at getting someone elected to a higher office. If anyone can articulate this any better, please jump in.