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Australian Senator Wants to Censor the Net

Posted by samzenpus on from the think-of-the-children dept.

Paul writes "An Australian Senator wants Australians' internet connections to be automatically filtered by ISPs. Anyone who wants to view pornography or 'other adult material' (details not specified) must apply to their ISP to be given access to it. Another step towards becoming a nanny state."

5 of 588 comments (clear)

  1. wish in one hand... by shams42 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, I want monkeys to fly out of my ass. That doesn't mean it's likely to happen.

    1. Re:wish in one hand... by JohnnyLocust · · Score: 5, Funny

      Well, I want monkeys to fly out of my ass

      I thought I had strange hobbies.

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  2. So? by tajgenie · · Score: 5, Funny

    So what? Isn't the government the same as my parents? The government gave birth to me, raised me, fed me, taught me right from wrong. Surely they should be allowed to censor me?

    1. Re:So? by houghi · · Score: 5, Funny

      You silly person. You are talking about TV. TV is not the same as the governement.

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  3. Um ok by dirtsurfer · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wildly unpopular, impossible to implement and very, very expensive to even attempt.

    Yup. Sounds like a winning proposal to me.