[LINK] NetAlert Campaign 'truth' finally coming out

[Ivan Trundle]

On 15/12/2007, at 10:59 AM, Stilgherrian wrote:

> Even in "real life", we meed "strangers" all the time.

'We' is not equal to 'children'. Children are generally brought up  
(rightly or wrongly - it's a sad reflection of our industrialised  
urbanist society) to avoid contact with strangers.

The conjunction of 'danger' with 'stranger' has been around longer  
than the past coalition government in Australia. And it is generally  
used to reinforce values in young children at school (and sometimes in  
the home). This is nothing new. It's a shame that a government decided  
to step into this territory.

> <snip>

> How many of us met a "stranger" last week? I'd wager that it was  
> more than
> half of us!

Uh oh, there's that 'more than 50%' again...

iT