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@senatormilne @abcnews Truly the pen is mightier than the sword - but we should not try to advance local partisan goals with this event.

@PolarVan @senatormilne @abcnews The internet is creating a post-literate world, so the pen is so antique.

@DavidWLocke @senatormilne @abcnews Antiquated methods of teaching are creating an illiterate world.

@PolarVan @senatormilne @abcnews No. It has nothing to do with the teaching.

@DavidWLocke @senatormilne @abcnews I'm sorry but it does - I'm literate yet I use the internet all the time.

@PolarVan @senatormilne @abcnews 911 was an info war that would have failed if we unplugged TV & internet , & relied on print journalism.

@DavidWLocke @senatormilne @abcnews You want to go back to using chamber pots too?

@PolarVan @senatormilne @abcnews I'm not a right winger, so no I'm not interested in going back at all. We've gone too far back as it is.

@jolouise_m @senatormilne @TonyAbbottMHR No doubt it used to be true, but postmodern isn't a world where it matters.

@DavidWLocke Why and how? @jolouise_m @senatormilne @TonyAbbottMHR

@plainte @jolouise_m @senatormilne @TonyAbbottMHR Will they teach you how to use a shovel? That is the extent of the needed literacy today.

@DavidWLocke To me that makes no sense at all @jolouise_m @senatormilne @TonyAbbottMHR

@plainte @jolouise_m @senatormilne @TonyAbbottMHR You're not in the U.S. ? The right-wing wants to return to plantation-like economics.

@DavidWLocke In Australia. We have a new extreme right-wing government, unfortunately. You might see parallels here.

@plainte Rupert is one of yours! In Texas, it's particularly bad. We use church-based social services to ensure there are no social services