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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 "
there's always places where things are worse. :-O
Is google blocked/censored down under? If not, then a good chunk of the blocked content should still be readily available.
Instead of using, say:
http://www.foo.com
prefix it with a string to access google's cache:
http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:www.foo.com
I'll be the first to admit it is far from perfect (robots.txt, not up-to-the-second, lose access to on-line interactive sites (e.g. e-bay, etc.)), nor is it easy for the casual user. Still, an enterprising user could readily get past some of the censoring. Further, a simple ssh to a host in a different, non-blocked host in a different country would afford access as well.
As for determining WHAT has been blocked, I would think a simple pair of scans across all IP addresses, once attempting access in Australia, and another from, say, USA; then just compare notes and voila! That would seem to be a heck of lot quicker than the months they've been at it trying to go through formal channels.
What alternative do you suggest then?
No health care or welfare. If people cant afford user-pays, bad luck. So what happens if you are crippled due to illegal working conditions?
Privatise everything, because we know how well that works, and how the government will use the short-term proceeds for themselves.
Deregulate everything. Capitalism is a model that works wonderfully for every situation, and it means the government has less work to do!
Those with the biggest stick, get to say what goes. Money talks, its silly giving the little people a say, only the rich megacorps have any real opinion. Who cares if they corrupt the government.
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That's like saying "It's not an apple, it's a fruit"
A republic can *certianly* be a democracy.
No king? no prince? no emperor? You got a president? Yes? okay, you are a republic.