Hi, I agree with Mike that most children have parents who, in one way or another, show little respect for the law - it is not a function of the internet, but is wide spread across many areas of life.
Children witness their parents breaking speed limits on roads, avoiding paying tax, liberating paper and pens from the offices where they work, etc, etc. There is a well established culture of trying to get something for nothing. I think it is quite likely that the same publishing and recording executives who complain about lost revenue due to pirates also employ expensive accountants to manipulate their financial records so that they exploit every possible loophole to avoid paying the taxes that they are supposed to. I am a teacher and part of my job involves informing school children of the health risks or smoking and using drugs inappropriately. These teenagers then go home to parents who not only smoke and use "recreational chemicals" but allow their children to do so as well. I often feel that in such situations trying to get students to see the errors of their parents ways is an impossible task. Ian. --- On Fri, 12/12/08, Mike Hungerford <[email protected]> wrote: > .......... > There is an entire culture now whose members believe that > anything > they can find instantly belongs to them. This belief in > their > entitlement is very hard to overcome and needs to be > attacked in early > childhood, but many parents of those children who would > most benefit > from this education are already a part of the culture. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Papermodels II" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Papermodels?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
