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Internet Censorship in Australia?

Enaku writes "Right wing Australian Christian political party Family First wants an annual levy of $7 to $10 on all internet users in Australia to fund a $45 million mandatory national internet filtering scheme aimed at blocking pornographic and offensive content at server level. (Read Family First's Policy Statement on Internet Pornography and Children (pdf) ) Great firewall of Australia, here we come!"

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  1. Reminds me of a bash quote: by agent+dero · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Male masturbation is a personal turn off for me. As a single woman, I'm especially looking for a man who doesn't masturbate, even while he's single."
    <factorial_nine> GOOD LUCK, BITCH.

    I think that it's applicable :)

    I know people..::cough:: that wouldn't use the internet if they couldn't get pr0n off it ;)
    ::cough::

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  2. Re:Huh? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Austrailia is in the southern hemisphere, so if you're in the north looking south, it's the other way around, like toilet water.

  3. Re:Huh? by mcovey · · Score: 3, Funny

    its because they're below the equator.

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  4. Re:Oh the Humanity! by Rebel_Princess · · Score: 5, Funny
    What about the children? WHO WILL SAVE THE CHILDREN?

    Their dad's closet, underneath shoeboxes of tax returns? The young miss section of the Sears catalog?
    Saved me in pre-internet days.

  5. Re:Christian Fundamentalists Fuck Off by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    They want to take away our freedoms.

    Shut the fuck up, you sick paedophile!

  6. Ban the bible? by ImaLamer · · Score: 3, Funny

    I guess you are a Democrat?

  7. Re:Christian Fundamentalists Fuck Off by PacoTaco · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hopefully this thread will be blocked by the filters.

  8. Re:Christian Fundamentalists Fuck Off by SimianOverlord · · Score: 4, Funny

    Oh G-d, you're so right.

    There I was, the other day, peacefully walking down the road thinking about the Bible, when I was set upon by a gang of atheists with a movie projector, a gramaphone, a copy of Beethoven's 5th and eyelid forcers.

    You won't believe the shit I'm into now.

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  9. Re:100% agreed by Halo1 · · Score: 3, Funny
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  10. Re:100% agreed by AtomicBomb · · Score: 2, Funny

    I know their agenda. Their next is to block the access to the devil avocating BSD and its submissive linux partner.

    For those who have not caught the joke, please load the images :-)

  11. Re:'Fuck the children'. by lachlan76 · · Score: 2, Funny

    As an Australian child (14), I agree. Someone should fuck me ;)

  12. Re:Huh? by pjt33 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, political party I can see as a contradiction, because parties are meant to be fun, but what's the other one?

  13. Re:'Fuck the children'. by Musrum · · Score: 2, Funny

    You have some options: 1. Lower your standards. 2. Lower their standards (beer goggles). 3. Raise your stocks (i.e. agressively embrace the whole cool-as-peer-group-standards thing). 4. Adjust your expectations. (you could be in for a long wait). 5. Change/expand your peer groups. (less oppertunities are found at your LUG). Just remember, if you do engage in these illegal acts, you will make baby jesus cry...

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  14. Re:Small L liberals by A_carton_short_of_a_ · · Score: 2, Funny

    You only started drinking late in the day! I thought in Tassie everyone was on the dole :) Its us Queenslanders who do all the work and save our Drinkin for the weekends *wink* *wink*

  15. Re:ERR WRONG! by crazney · · Score: 2, Funny

    nah, Family First is far right by any stretch of the imagination.. They are right up there with the American Republicans.

    anti-abortion, anti-gay, pro-corporal punishment, anti-porn, anti-free speech, pro-family.

    The list goes on.

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  16. Re:Christian Fundamentalists Fuck Off by Tackhead · · Score: 4, Funny
    > A picture of a person engaged in a sexual act is no more erotic than a book telling of the martyrdom of a quixotic rebel is holy

    Hands up, all of us who'd like to see this guy's pr0n collection!

    > The significance of both are constructs in the mind of the viewer.. to the porn-seeker, the woman in the pic becomes a part-player in his imagination, to the believer, the suffering of Jesus becomes an atonement for our sins and his way becomes a path to enlightenment.

    Warning: Commentary on the psychological and neurophysiological parallels between sadomasochism and religious ecstasy will not emable you to get off (!) on the resulting obscenity charges should you attempt to film "THE PASSION OF JENNA: FLOGGED AND NAILED!"

  17. Re:I agree by wgmari · · Score: 2, Funny

    So are you trying to force me into not forcing you? ;)