Good to have the reality-check reminder, thanks Clare. I guess this raises a more general discussion topic: who do we trust, and why, especially in an online world? What are some of the ways we can safeguard abuse? I'm not asking for particular references or links, but am interested in the place of authority when credentials are easy to forge, in the place of reliability when identity is easy to hide or morph, in the place of responsibility when there's no way to track you down.
There are technical solutions at some levels (such as encryption keys), but you've got to know who you're talking to first ... Regards, Rohan Rohan Pryor Manager, Information Technology Services Synod of Victoria and Tasmania Uniting Church in Australia Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ph: (03) 9251 5243 Fax: (03) 9654 4110 Website: http://vic.uca.org.au -----Original Message----- From: Clare Pascoe Henderson [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 1:09 PM To: insights Subject: Re: Year 10 girls Hi Rohan Rohan Pryor wrote: > I expect part of the desire is for a forum (or fora, plural) in which > - the girls can ask "dumb" questions without feeling silly, > - they can hear views other than their teachers or parents or friends, > - they can see a range of perspectives, reinforcing Clare's "diversity even > within a defined group" comment, It may turn out that they need to join a range of groups from a range of denominations. There's a RCC discussion board going, which would provide another option. Or perhaps, as a ministry option, we on this list could create a forum, and use our offlist contacts to get a diverse bunch of denominations represented on it. > - and also probably where they're reasonably safe; despite our misgivings > about the complete safety of the list (based on our shared experience of > some online discussions, but also because we let anyone subscribe and > lurk), I know we'd still be fairly caring of the girls, and not set up > real-world dates to take them a long road trips to Perth or anything (not > picking on Perth, just flagging the dangers of some online forums for the > naive, and their parents). Now don't you think *you're* being a bit naive? :-) After all, as you point out, anyone can lurk, plus every poster's address is visible. Who's to say someone on the list (lurker or not) wouldn't start an offlist conversation with one or more of those girls and subsequently set up such a date? After all, we're not safe just because we're christian! Clare *************************************************** Clare Pascoe Henderson http://www.clergyabuseaustralia.org Clergy Sexual Abuse in Australia Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] *************************************************** ------------------------------------------------------ - You are subscribed to the mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the message body 'unsubscribe insights-l' (ell, not one (1)) See: http://nsw.uca.org.au/insights-l-information.htm ------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------ - You are subscribed to the mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the message body 'unsubscribe insights-l' (ell, not one (1)) See: http://nsw.uca.org.au/insights-l-information.htm ------------------------------------------------------
