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Australia Plans to Censor the Internet

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the you-can't-make-this-stuff-up dept.

MAXOMENOS writes "The Australian government is planning to block websites used to organize violent protests, as part of a larger effort to prevent crime from being planned on the 'net." Yeah this is gonna work really really. It's working out great in China after all.

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  1. What next by natron+2.0 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Are they going to ban Slashdot too? It gets pretty rowdy sometimes.

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  2. Re:Usual Talk Radio Nonsense by Shanep · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    No, they're not. Guns are the problem. If you don't have a gun, you can't shoot me with it. This lame argument has been used for years by the jackals in the NRA, and it is just as false now as when those murderers invented it.

    So very true. A dangerous person is a lot more dangerous with a gun than without. It takes mental and physical capability to do any level of damage to the safety of others. If the person is mentally capable of mass murder, making him physically capable is the ultimate insanity.

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  3. Re:Usual Talk Radio Nonsense by reallocate · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    More unthinking, chest-beating, mouthing of NRA propaganda.

    I'm not worried about being shot by habitual criminals.

    I'm much more likely to be shot by a relative or friend who doesn't become a criminal until they pick up their legally-purchased gun and use it.

    Most people shot in the U.S. are shot by non-criminals who are known to the victim. If people weren't allowed to buy guns, most of these people wouldn't be shot. Are you willing to trade your so-called right to own a gun for those murders?

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  4. Re:Usual Talk Radio Nonsense by reallocate · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    >> I'd rather risk having a family member kill me in a moment of rage than being completely and utterly defenseless against criminals, the criminally insane, and the government.

    And I'd rather do anything I could to keep guns away from anyone -- like you -- who thinks their "right" to own a gun takes precedence over tens of thousands of lives.

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  5. Re:Your hair splitting is worrisome by ChaoticLimbs · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    insert obligatory anti-US diatribe here. Mod parent -1 flamebait for saying positive things about the US. Mod parent further -1 troll, -1 offtopic and -1 not politically correct. I know it will happen, I just want it to look like you're doing it because I told you to.