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New Australian Laws To Censor Terror DVDs
An anonymous reader writes "Within a few weeks, Australia may introduce new laws to censor films and literature deemed by the government to be supportive of terrorism. This is not the first time material has been censored in Australia, which has previously censored films and banned publications, including one titled Defence of the Muslim Lands (censored in mid 2006 by Attorney-General Phillip Ruddock). The proposed laws are aimed to target material such as a DVD by Feiz Mohammad containing some of his past controversial sermons calling for jihad and comparing Jews with pigs. The Office of Film and Literature Classification previously classified this DVD as 'PG', suitable for viewing by anyone under 15 years of age with parental guidance."
Reducing how much exposure such DVDs get may reduce how many are produced, which is hard to argue as a bad thing. On the other hand, giving them the kind of exposure that, say, Slashdotting something does, kinda nullifies that view in the short run ~_^
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Look, without having some idiot who doesn't understand the word call me a racsist, let's just say I'm against islam. But censorship is never the answer. Not only is it stupidly innefectual, it sends the message that "freedom" is only for those who toe the line.
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Of course, it's not about stopping "terrorism", it's about having something else to threaten / charge uncooperative third party muslims with
And what about people like me with a morbid curiosity about how the other side is planning to ruin our world? I'm allowed to watch 20 minutes of just-as-evil evangelical bullshit on telly as long as it's about jesus.
"God will (and wants us to help him) stike down $FOO" is always bad, be it "Atheists", "Jews", "The west", "Fags", or "Abortion doctors"
Send lawyers, guns, and money!
No, Alan Jones was not convicted - that implies criminal proceedings.
The broadcasting authority is a self regulating leftist warm and fuzzy touchy feeling organisation that is merely pandering to the minority groups yet again.