There goes mummy, defending her poor kid.

[Daphne – Not at all, John. My sons are all extremely independent and self-reliant. I made sure of that, having had rather extensive experience of Maltese mummy’s boys and how utterly tedious they are in every way, including their conversation. You wanted an explanation, so I thought I’d give you one. I’m not the one who thinks a parent should hide or ban naughty stories in case my 16-year-old son reads them by mistake. You are. And he’s not a kid. He’s an adult – the very same age I was when I had three children.]

Daphne I did not lose this one, there are ways and means to see what anyone is watching on the internet, let alone a smart sixteen year old on a home computer.

I can let you use my computer, but I remain the administrator of my computer. The 21st century technology gives administrators all the tools they need to see what’s happening on their PC’s, and our smart kids know that. Enough said.

[Daphne – What, you mean your kids don’t have their own computers? That’s unbelievable. And you really shouldn’t be spying on a 16-year-old. Monitoring for risk of drugs, yes – controlling what he reads and watches, no. Besides which, it is pointless. You can control YOUR computer at home. You can’t control what he downloads on computers elsewhere.]

We have no answers on this thread not because they couldn’t be bothered but because one is busy presiding over the graduation ceremonies at the Uni and handing out Mintoff’s famous Karti ta’ l-incova’. The other is afraid of answering a simple question.
No forthcoming answers could also mean they lost the argument.

[Daphne – I can’t answer for Professor Fenech, but I can certainly answer for Matthew, given that I gave birth to him almost 24 years ago and know exactly how he thinks (clearly). I imagine that he can’t be bothered banging his head against that particular brick wall, other than which he lives in London and must feel particularly divorced from weird island-bubble arguments about not allowing dirty stories on campus in case a stray 16-year-old picks up a printed copy by accident and is corrupted for life.]

Dan bis serjeta???

http://www.maltastar.com/pages/ms09dart.asp?a=5831

Herbs,

As a matter of fact I had written tv at first but changed it to TV after I checked an online dictionary and, moreover, noticed that practically all television websites used capitals.

This is better than the Realta fracas. Obviously the court has prohibited the publication of the names of all involved. Will the evidence be heard behind closed doors?

It’s not Tony Vella, it’s someone like Dr. Frank ‘n’ Furter.

”Through”

http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20091201/local/women-accused-of-15-000-blackmail

Daphne, here we are discussing what should happen at the University, not what happens in my home.

[Daphne – I think you have to admit that you’ve lost this one, John. Sixteen-year-olds don’t need protection from naughty stories, and they especially don’t need the grown-ups to ban a naughty story in a newsletter at the university on their behalf.]

In the meantime I am waiting for some replies from Mr Fenech and Matthew.

I hope that they won’t prove your point. The liberal and progressive intelligentsia at our university should not be afraid of some naive person’s old-fashioned medieval arguments.

Or?

[Daphne – I think they just can’t be bothered. You’re obviously struggling to keep up with the 21st century.]

I can’t believe all the fuss about what is basically just a stream of pseudo (?) sex-crazed imagination. It’s the sort of thing that seems to turn on certain deluded people from the local theatre scene (and possibly, pre-pubescent teens).

It really shouldn’t have been published, but it was. Big deal!