[LINK] Affordable Internet in Australia for low-income families ? Never happen...

[Richard Chirgwin]

On 11/08/11 2:15 PM, David Boxall wrote:
> [snip]

> The fact that we on this list are comfortable enough to indulge 
> ourselves doesn't mean everybody can. We wilfully maintain ignorance 
> of other peoples' circumstances at our peril. The English are 
> (re)learning that right now. 

Yes, indeed.

And we ignore other peoples' wishes at our peril.

Sometimes it's trivial - such as a recent survey which looked at the 
attitudes of the elderly towards the Internet. "Don't have it because I 
don't need it" was interpreted as "a problem needing to be solved", but 
that's way different to "want it but can't afford it".

Other times, the ignorance of the comfortable to the rest of the world 
is non-trivial. "Want a job? Tough. We sent that job overseas. Now get 
to work, or we'll slap a penalty on the dole!"

RC