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Stupid People
22/08/2008 09:12
Excellent article. I truly wish there were a cure for stupidity, the world would be a better place. What's next to blame? SMS! - Teli |
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Great article
22/08/2008 09:17
Thanks Alistair - a good sensible read! - AJ |
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Mxit
22/08/2008 09:45
The only danger Mxit poses is that people will stop talking to each other - the amount of times I've seen 2 people sitting next to each other but chatting on Mxit is worrying! - concerned |
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Brilliant !
22/08/2008 09:59
Fantastic piece, had me laughing in many places as a user of mxit I have had many ?ffers from various types of people for various things, but being a person who was raised with good morals and discipline I chose to ignore them. It is sad how people blame anything else for their or their kids behaviour and actions but themselves, come on people wake up ! - Panda |
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@Concerned
22/08/2008 10:00
You can't halt progress because people start to interact in a way you don't like. Their interaction style is their choice, not yours. - Shantih |
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Shoot this messenger? Never!
22/08/2008 10:05
Besides being sexy your savvy too! Good combination...well written article - jill |
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Advancement in new technology is a given
22/08/2008 10:16
Can anyone remember Citizen Band Radio in the 80's? We had a blast, meeting new people. I remember our 'handle's' (code names) were in line with that era too...I know people who are still married having met through CB. - Forty something |
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Good article
22/08/2008 10:17
Normally you write technilogically advanced articles...today this article indicates that you are not just a computer freak but a reasonably intellegent man!thanks for a good read - Kolobe |
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Mxit
22/08/2008 10:18
There is always something other than PEOPLE to blame - what's your choice (Unless some inanimate object controlls your will) - guns, knives, alcohol, satan, cigarettes, cars, swords, knives, drugs, computers, etc etc etc? Nobody wants to accept responsibility. The buck is tired of being passed. - HooMee |
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Dear Mr. Fairweather
22/08/2008 10:29
Stop being so logical and open minded. This is Planet Earth, we blame others for our own misfortune. :-P - Sean |
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Nice one Al
22/08/2008 10:32
Great article! - Bryan |
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"canned fruit and nuts con man"
22/08/2008 10:47
hahaha
For some reason that quote was ridiculously funny.
Good article. - kam |
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Good one, Alistair
22/08/2008 10:48
This is gonna sound so groupie, but great article and even better writting skills. I still cant believe how gullible that Clur family was. Maybe they cant be blamed cause stupidity is probably a genetic disease in their family. Unfortunately people think technology is the big bad wolf thats gonna take their jobs and steal their kids. - bee |
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Shares :(
22/08/2008 10:52
The last sentence makes me laugh. I know about someone who got into Mixt when it was just the proverbial "three men in a garage". She has since become a millionaire.
/me kicks himself too! - Oom_Kosie |
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Excellent article
22/08/2008 10:59
I just would like to say. Thanks for this article. People should take responsibility for their own "stupid" actions and not blame technology.
These negative human actions were always part of human behavior and will always be.
- Lx |
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Interesting
22/08/2008 11:12
Interesting Read Al...But it`s always "NICE" To blame somebody or something for anything!!! - zolani sixolo |
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Brilliant Read!
22/08/2008 11:13
Thank you Al! Mxit doesn't a stupid person make. It takes a certain amount of gullibilty to believe anything you read there. I should know, all my friends lie through their teeth when on mxit. - di Allani |
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good article
22/08/2008 11:17
I have always had an isue with people blaming technology, or anything else other than themselves for their children's behaviour & common sense (more lack thereof). Too often have many parents felt tha they can easily blame technology for their own obvious lack parenting skills. If parents actually sit down & talked to their kids, none of this nonsense would happen. - stan |
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Fool!
22/08/2008 11:21
People like Alistair "Fairweather" never see evil until it's too late. Few people know that, if you take the letters Mxit and rearrange them, you get the word xTim, the name of Satan's little helper in Dante's Inferno. Coincidence? I think not. - Chris Roper |
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In some far-off way related to ...
22/08/2008 11:52
Slipknot being blamed for the actions of a mentally disturbed kid at school. - Jaco Wium |
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Mxit is evil.
22/08/2008 11:53
Sugarcoat it any way you like. Why defend it if there is no smoke, and believe me, THERE IS FIRE. Mxit is owned by same compant as News24, so they won't publish negative. Many lives has been destroyed cause mxxit. Try it yourself and find out. I dare you. - ME |
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Gota Love It
22/08/2008 11:59
This article just killed me! Couldnt stop laughing!!! :) - Zee |
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On the mark!
22/08/2008 12:04
An excellent article! Now we just need to wake the rest of humanity to this viewpoint. - Keegan |
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Mixit and Commom Sense.
22/08/2008 12:06
Hi Alistair,
Being in the IT Industry myself, I agree with you, but from a different point of view. We need from a Christian way of life, to teach our Kids, Good and Evil, good old common sense. Companies like Mixit also have a a social reponsibilty (as weel as responsibility to Jesus) to ensure that they introduce measures to prevent harm to society.
God Bless - Christian |
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Fair enough
22/08/2008 12:22
A hammer is a neutral tool - it can be used to hit in nails (its inteded use) or it can be used to bludgen a person to death. Same argument applies here. But I agree, there is a greater onus to help protect those that utilise technology for as much as it is able to enable, it can also place us in harm's way and fascilitate wayward intentions. Responsible use is key. - Justin |
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It's the media
22/08/2008 12:25
Great article and I couldn't agree more. However, you need to place a large portion of the blame on the media. They are the ones who write articles with headlines like "Mxit conman" and "14yr old runaway lured by Facebook." They need to sell newspapers to overly stimulated people. Headlines like "Non-technical Conman in toilet brush aisle steals old lady's purse" just don't sell. - MediaFrenzy |
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chris roper
22/08/2008 12:37
Thanks for the interesting info. I never knew that. If that is true you are of course totally correct. - eden |
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Chris Roper's comment
22/08/2008 12:42
I believe Chris Roper has upstaged Alistair here with his comment. It almost had me in despair, until I read whose name was at the bottom.
Hilarious!
The only reason Mixt is blamed is because of Telkom holding us hostage with respect to internet access. Kids don't have access to PC-based IM programs in SA, but they do have phones. If we all had internet on PCs, people would be blaming ICQ, IRC, MSN, AIM and Yahoo! I have used these since I was 10 and was never "lured" or conned. I'm not stupid. - Oom_Kosie |
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Overly Concerned?
22/08/2008 12:55
I am sure the advent of the telephone and internet/email attracted concerns from the technologically dwarfed elders of the day. As a parent I am not concerned about my kids getting involved in anything sinister, but am concerned about the amount of (wasted??) time spent on Mxit. Maybe I just don't relate to the attraction of this passtime. Maybe I waste too much time commenting on these forums :-) - SeanO |
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Common sense is the key
22/08/2008 12:58
With great freedom or power comes great responsibility... We are all responsible for our own lives, not God, not the Devil, and certainly not Mxit. - ASW |
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@ ME
22/08/2008 13:21
Evil is as evil does. So if you want to be evil or engage in evil doings, don't blame it on technology (or the devil) blame yourself. There is a grey matter between your ears. Hopefully it's called a brain. - TB |
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How do you prevent overindulgence?
22/08/2008 13:24
I am usually very liberal about these kinds of things. For example, I do not believe Slipnot had anything to do with the recent school killings. Slipnot is a band who plays music and not every second person uses their music as an excuse to slash someone. This is not the case with Mxit though. A significant percentage of kids who use it are addicted and spend endless hours on it. Overindulgence, abuse.. call it what you like. Too much of anything is not good. I think any sane person will agree that spending hours a day on Mxit or Facebook will have a negative effect on your life, studies, work or other real things which matter for kids and adults. You can be the best parent in the world but if your kid has access to something which is potentially harmful, you cannot protect or stop them from getting involved. We deny our children the use of certain things to protect them, do we not? Think about cars, bikes, adult movies, firearms, alcohol, cigarettes etc. This is because children do not have the capacity to deal with certain things as responsibly as adults (all in relative terms). Any good parent will control the time their children spend on games, internet, tv etc but with Mxit it is very difficult to control what they write or how much they use it. Isn?t the dynamics and integral makeup of the system inherently and potentially harmful? - Kal-El |
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Kal-El: Control kids?
22/08/2008 13:39
I have 3 very succesful & mature grown up kids. I never in my life tried to control what they did. I'd explain to them why they should not do this or the next thing and spelled out the possible consequences or results. Thus they learned how to control themselves. That is the problem with most parents - control without explanation. - TB |
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EH?
22/08/2008 13:56
I thought Slipknot was the devil.. Haha. - Slipster |
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No
22/08/2008 13:57
u can blame mxit, but this gives them a medium to work on and stay anonymous. This is the issue and they have access to young people not knowing what is best. - JB |
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Great read!
22/08/2008 14:07
I saw a beautiful slogan the other day "Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity". Blaming (your) mistakes on the devil or technology is not really going to get (you) any closer to fixing the problem. Perhaps it was the aliens (not the illegal ones)... - sarah |
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@Kal-El
22/08/2008 14:11
You've pretty much answered your own question, but I'll just clarify: if you're really worried about excessive Mxit usage, take away their phone. If you can "control" their TV time, you can control their Mxit usage. If they still won't stop, take away their pocket money. No airtime = no Mxit. Here's the crunch though - it's the excessive USAGE of Mxit that you're really worried about - not the service itself. Too much of anything is a bad idea - but that doesn't mean the thing in itself is bad. - Alistair |
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The times...
22/08/2008 14:21
I personally know people who, years ago, were so addicted to internet chat rooms that it certainly did affect their lives, and the same can be said of some kids and their cell phones today. People will blame MXit even if it is not to blame, because, however severe, it does affect many young people's lives - it is completely a part of teenage culture. But, like anything in life, while some people use it in moderation and there's nothing to worry about, others may get 'addicted'; 'in too deep'. - D |
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morals! ! ! !
22/08/2008 14:21
Good people is better before we go further to look at the principles and morals of how whoever has been raised rather than discussing the conseguences of certain activity,As long as kids have access to whatever they want they will intertain it,Heard. - Silo's |
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good article
22/08/2008 14:28
Good article. When are people going to realise that you cant blame everything on technology or on otheres. Befor Mixit came along kids were addicted to internet chat rooms and before the internet was discovered kids did hook up with looneys and did run away from home. Heinous crimes such as those committed by Gert van Rooyen were also committed befor mixit was even a thought in somebody's mind. - Hayley |
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