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Nation-Wide Internet Censorship Proposed For Australia
sparky1240 writes "While Americans are currently fighting the net-neutrality wars, spare a thought for the poor Australians — The Australian government wants to implement a nation-wide 'filtering' scheme to keep everyone safe from the nasties on the internet, with no way of opting out: 'Under the government's $125.8 million Plan for Cyber-Safety, users can switch between two blacklists which block content inappropriate for children, and a separate list which blocks illegal material. ... According to preliminary trials, the best Internet content filters would incorrectly block about 10,000 Web pages from one million."
Mate your an idiot. Labour has only ever made the worst decisions regarding Australia. I was surprised they were even voted back in at all after how well Australia's economy was going thanks to the Liberal party... especially after Labour left Australia in massive debt the last time they were in and completely f*cked everything, trouble is too many people don't read or remember. They are going to f*ck Australia up more now. Great.
They told me if George W. Bush was elected.... we'd see increased censorship on the Internet and a monitoring of all our activities on the Internet.
What?
This is a left-wing Labour government?
Well I am sure it is OK then.
After all they are "good people" (tm).
Now do you see what happens when you first lose your right to own firearms? You're a subject, not a citizen, and there's not a thing you can do about it. Yeah, you can vote new people into office, but they might just enjoy the power you've given them even more than the bums you threw out. Told you so.
So you're ok with child porn then ? Or your bank details appearing on the web ? ...
You seem to be confusing free speech with censorship. You are entitled to write/say anything you like, but no-one is forced to read/listen. In the case of your "speech" causing harm to others, then it is perfectly acceptable to have it censored.
I can stand at the corner shouting kill all muslims, but if the authorities do nothing, then the muslims think that the authorities agree and that causes trouble for everybody. So I don't get to do that.(not that I would want to)
You can't have everything you want. Do you really want to see goatse on the front page of your local newspaper ? Or should the editor decide against it ? Is that censorship ?
Argue amongst yourself
No, silly. The government should fear that it could be overthrown. Just the fear is enough. Have you never studied history?
"When governments fear the people there is liberty. When the people fear the government there is tyranny." - Thomas Jefferson
"The only good bureaucrat is one with a pistol at his head. Put it in his hand and it's good-by to the Bill of Rights." - H.L. Mencken
Don't worry. One day you'll grow up and understand. I just hope that it's not too late by then.
Wow, a couple of networks may at some point be wrongly blocked by mistake for a short period of time till the mistake is identified.
Hardly something which will make life not worth living. There are far more important things in life to worry about.