Good to see some reasoned arguments on the other side in this debate. I'd be more than happy to learn about alternative mechanisms for imparting necessary immediate lessons to the young, were the opportunity to present itself - and I'm reasonably confident that catsidhe and brong would, too.

You wouldn't happen to live in or around Melbourne, Australia, by any chance, would you? ;) (the whois information for chaosmatrix.org implies not, but that's not certain.)