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Post by tannhauser42 on Oct 13, 2023 21:16:24 GMT -5
But seriously yeah it's better not to learn from the many terrible porn websites... What are the good ones? For educational purposes, of course.  Yeah, good and effective sex education is very important. Smarter people than me would be better at determining what age it should start at and what should be taught at what age. |
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Post by Least censored on the planet! on Oct 13, 2023 22:10:34 GMT -5
But seriously yeah it's better not to learn from the many terrible porn websites... What are the good ones? For educational purposes, of course. I guess. Feel free to suggest more. |
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Post by easye on Apr 17, 2024 8:51:29 GMT -5
Report: Last year ended with a surge in book banswww.npr.org/2024/04/16/1245037718/book-bans-2023-pen-americaLocally things seem to have died down after some big political defeats. I am not sure if this is because the local right-wingers have simply shifted to other Horrors of the Moment or it they simply shifted their attention to the Education Secretary instead of local school boards.
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Post by bobtheinquisitor on Apr 17, 2024 10:46:22 GMT -5
Here in SoCal, Huntington Beach is trying to privatize their public library. Since they’re the Florida of California, the reasons are both ideological and financially corrupt.
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Post by A Town Called Malus on Apr 17, 2024 17:53:25 GMT -5
How the fuck can you privatise a service that is free for all users?
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Post by bobtheinquisitor on Apr 17, 2024 19:33:17 GMT -5
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Post by tannhauser42 on Apr 17, 2024 19:40:28 GMT -5
How the fuck can you privatise a service that is free for all users? Ask the prison industry? |
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Post by Peregrine on Apr 17, 2024 19:56:45 GMT -5
How the fuck can you privatise a service that is free for all users? The most important thing is to make it not be free for all users. |
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Post by herzlos on Apr 18, 2024 2:13:19 GMT -5
How the fuck can you privatise a service that is free for all users?
It's pretty common, we do it in the UK all the time.
You take public money and instead of spending it on services, you give it to shareholders whilst the quality of the service plummets.
Though a private library presumably wouldn't need to pay any attention to the book banning idiots given it's not publicly funded? So I wonder if there'd be an ethical way to workaround the bans.
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Post by easye on Apr 18, 2024 9:40:21 GMT -5
Instead, the private company will just cave to which ever groups manages to make the most noise.
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Post by adurot on Apr 18, 2024 10:57:14 GMT -5
I assume the point of the private company is so they can just ban what They want to van without public oversite.
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Post by herzlos on Apr 18, 2024 10:57:58 GMT -5
Instead, the private company will just cave to which ever groups manages to make the most noise.
Will the noise matter? Assuming it's not a publicly traded company, what can they do except boycott a free service?
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Post by easye on Apr 18, 2024 11:56:38 GMT -5
All depends on who runs the "private" service.
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Post by bobtheinquisitor on Apr 18, 2024 12:36:33 GMT -5
I assume the point of the private company is so they can just ban what They want to van without public oversite. This is one of the stated reasons, as well as breaking a union of public employees. And, of course, to send lots of public money to a company that employs a previous (and connected) HB mayor. |
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Post by adurot on Apr 18, 2024 16:10:39 GMT -5
I assume the point of the private company is so they can just ban what They want to van without public oversite. This is one of the stated reasons, as well as breaking a union of public employees. And, of course, to send lots of public money to a company that employs a previous (and connected) HB mayor. This is my surprised face. ō_ō |
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