Did everyone have a grandmother who offered that sage piece of advice?

Hands up the parents who have to sign forms for their kids to attend counselling sessions offered by their schools warning about cyber bullying, or sexting or online criminal behaviour?

The school note often says the session may be confronting?

The children now have a much better idea than their parents how to behave in an online world.

Indeed, we could say the good sense on how to behave as an adult seems to have skipped a generation.

Online behavior on social media platforms in Katherine are nothing short of a disgrace.

It is not just us saying it, although to a recent outsider it came as a shock to read what people were saying locally about each other.

A group of local professionals are also fed up.

If you think this type of commentary is typical of what happens in other towns – you are very wrong.

There are many others, experts in the field, people who pick up the pieces of those named, shamed, abused and vilified.

It is rude, it is bullying, it is racist, it is, simply  … not the way civilised people behave although some people have clearly forgotten it.

Our society has already decided, we have already instructed our politicians to craft laws in our defence.

Some people here are posting comments which could get them into trouble with the law.

Perhaps someone needs to be busted and made an example of through the courts for other people to get it.

Everything you say stays out there in the cyberworld forever, future employers could refuse you for one silly comment you made years before.

A pizza delivery was later, the fish from the cafe had a bone in it, someone’s dog was on the loose, a notorious kid had to be a thief because he was loitering near my fence.

Let’s not address the question directly, let’s not talk to the business and allow them to set things right, lets vent to the world.

Aaah, that’s feels better.

But the pizza still hasn’t arrived.

These are not keyboard warriors, they are keyboard cowards.