[kictanet] Day-time Vulgar Conversations on Kenya Media

[S.M. Muraya]

+1Million :)
On Jul 1, 2013 7:46 AM, "robert yawe" <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> @Matunda,
>
> I spend at least 3 hours a day with my children on weekdays and more over
> the weekend they then spend the next 9 hours in school 90% of which is with
> their peers & another 9 hours is spent sleeping
>
> I did not take my children to boarding school, I do not frequent those
> places where men claim they have gone to discuss issues on national
> importance, I do not play golf on Saturday morning, I do not take the car
> for washing at conveniently located car washes and I only read the paper
> after they have gone to bed.
>
> Note, finding time to be with your children is a matter of choice so we
> need to stop abdicating our responsibilities to the government, schools,
> churches, house help (whose retirement we have refused to fund),
> parliament, the senate, the judiciary, governors, matrons, television and
> radio, maybe we should also have abdicated the process of creating them
> also.
>
> But that is besides the point, you need to inculcate the right values in
> your children after which you can safely release them into the world
> knowing that they are armed to face the temptations of this world and come
> through unscathed.  There is a clear reason why the government says that
> the children are you responsibility until they get to the age of 21 after
> which your abilities as a parent shall be tested by the society at large,
> our failures are visible in Kamiti and Asumbi.
>
> On the other end many of us are the decision makers in organisations that
> support the vulgar media through advertising revenue then we twit about the
> content,
>
> We claim to be a faith based society, my foot, yet the presenters of those
> vulgar shows appear in the mosques, churches, temples and tents during the
> sabbath and are accepted with open arms, hypocrites is what many of us are.
>
> If you feed anything be it a habit, animal plant or virtue it will
> inevitably grow.
>
> Regards
>
> Robert Yawe
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>  *From:* Matunda Nyanchama <mnyanchama at aganoconsulting.com>
> *To:* robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk
> *Cc:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> *Sent:* Friday, 28 June 2013, 17:01
> *Subject:* Re: [kictanet] Day-time Vulgar Conversations on Kenya Media
>
> Two comments
>
> - Kudos Robert Yawe for the you take in the presence of vulgar stuff. Good
> for you. That said, ask yourself how many hours you spend with your kids in
> a day. If you are as busy as most parents are, you will find that your
> children are spending more time with other people than with you. And those
> that interact with, what they do when together, what they share when they
> so interact you probably wouldn't know.  But eh! You are doing the best in
> challenged circumstances!
>
> - Peter Kenduiywo: Even in societies (like in the west with a high degree
> of liberalism) there are guidelines on these matters. Everything that is
> shown on TV, theatre, etc.has a code and (where necessary) there are
> warning before and during the show asking those that don't want such
> content to switch channels or choose to watch. In fact, there are strict
> guidelines on in public, even when people know it happens. Peter: there is
> no absolute freedom; indeed, yours ends where mine stops. That said, social
> mores and what is acceptable in public or not changes with time. For
> instance I recall debates regarding women wearing trousers, mini-skirts and
> the like, which today will likely look out of order. Finally on
> homosexuality, former Canadian PM (the late Pierre Trudeau) had it right:
> what two consenting adults do in the privacy of their homes is their
> business. Just don't shove things in others' faces. Vulgar material in
> Kenyan media is like the latter: shoving stuff in our faces, regardless of
> our feelings.
>
> Kudos CCK for the initiative. I hope the process will be speeded up.
>
> Have a good weekend.
>
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