Censoring Australian Censors' Blacklist

steveroehrs writes: "'Your access to the Web is being censored by the Government -- but it refuses to reveal exactly what it is we are not allowed to see.' Despite the attempts of Electronic Frontiers Australia in obtaining a copy of the Australian Internet black-list, the Australian government is still refusing to release the list to the public. This is in stark contrast to the situation for film classification, where the list is freely available. Article here "

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Re:Why do they think it would work?

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How many times do us in Australia have to say this...

This is Slashdot. You'll have to repeat it forever.

-1 Interesting ... -1 Insightful ... -1 Funny ... The most amazing Slashdot phenomenon ever, perhaps.

Re:The Australian government has a bad track recor

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Oh, please. If you are really that concerned about it you should be marching up and down the streets campaigning for the increased taxes required to send them home again "humanely" or to support more people in the country that have no immediate way of supporting themselves.

Would you offer these ILLEGAL immigrants food and shelter in your own house, indefinitely? Would you put your money where your mouth is?

I think even paying for their accomodation in Australia is a waste of taxpayer's money. There are immigration laws that are there for a purpose and if conditions are better in Australia than they are where these immigrants live then they should apply for a visa like everyone else. I have precisely zero sympathy for anyone that turns up uninvited to a party and is surprised or upset to be turned away or ignored.

I'm seriously interested in your solutions to this "problem" you present. After all, if you are only going to bitch about it then you are only part of the problem yourself.

As for how I know they aren't censoring criticism, do you have any knowledge of how technically infeasible what you state is?

Last I looked there was plenty of criticism for the government in the form of the opposition. Never heard of them being censored. Watch out - those imaginary black helicopters may be around too...