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!"

Comments

Reminds me of a bash quote:

[agent dero]

"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::

Re:Huh?

[Anonymous Coward]

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

Re:Huh?

[mcovey]

its because they're below the equator.

Re:Oh the Humanity!

[Rebel_Princess]

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.

Ban the bible?

[ImaLamer]

I guess you are a Democrat?

Re:Christian Fundamentalists Fuck Off

[PacoTaco]

Hopefully this thread will be blocked by the filters.

Re:Christian Fundamentalists Fuck Off

[SimianOverlord]

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.

Re:100% agreed

[Halo1]

Absolutely.

Re:Christian Fundamentalists Fuck Off

[Tackhead]

> 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!"