I posted the following to http://raceonline2012.org/ the website for Manifesto for a Networked Nation.
Having looked at the press release for Manifesto for a Networked Nation I see that it talks about "getting everybody of working age" online.
This is pure ageism.
If it had been to get every male online, (with the unstated assumption that females are less worthy of support) it would rightly have been condemned out of hand as sexist - and would probably have been illegal.
But here we have a policy that those over working age are of less importance. There all sorts of reasons why this is socially and economically disastrous besides being discriminatory. I would willingly explain here why this is but I'm doubtful if it is worth my time to do so if the person (people) who put together this site haven't naturally thought about this.
It is perhaps worth noting that the very concept of "working age" is now meaningless. The age at which the state pension is awarded is due to go up, but there many who routinely work beyond that age.
Judging by the number of posts there is very little traffic here, so I'll post this comment elsewhere.
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