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Oz Pirate Party Tells the Elderly How To Bypass the Net Filter
mask.of.sanity writes "When Exit International discovered it was earmarked for Australia's Internet filter blacklist, it wanted to ensure its members could access its pro-euthanasia material, but its members share an average age of 70 — not exactly from the tech generation. So Exit International turned to the filter-hating Pirate Party of Australia, which supplied a 'hacker' who taught a crowded room of grandmas and grandpas how to use proxies and advanced VPN tunnels to access Exit International's material — which the Australian government thinks breaches the moral compass of society. Computerworld has the presentation."
Do they just want everyone to live forever? I'm not sure if I, for one, would welcome our new immortal, large-knife wielding overlords.
Someone flopped a steamer in the gene pool.
Elderly firewalls?
Like, Norton 1.0?
I'm quite impressed you're able to teach ANY of your elderly firewalls how to properly navigate a website. My firewalls just filter packets! I guess it's true, they don't make 'em like they used to.
Maybe he can license some filtering technology from China.
And if anyone is going to look up information about euthanasia on the internet, people who are technologically ignorant get my vote :)
You're obviously missing the point of what Australia's doing here. Their internet firewall is for blocking child pornography, this is what they said and this is what it was sold as. Obviously then blocking this website reduces child porn... I mean, with sufficient amounts of people taking up this option, it does mean that children will become a larger % of the population, which means they're even more of a target!!!
If you think people should be allowed access to information about getting "youth in asia" to old people in Australia, then you're a pedophile.
The revolution will not be televised... but it will have a page on Wikipedia
You're obviously missing the point of what Australia's doing here. Their internet firewall is for blocking child pornography, this is what they said and this is what it was sold as. Obviously then blocking this website reduces child porn... I mean, with sufficient amounts of people taking up this option, it does mean that children will become a larger % of the population, which means they're even more of a target!!!
If you think people should be allowed access to information about getting "youth in asia" to old people in Australia, then you're a pedophile.
Maybe Exit International should make a page called "Euthanasia for Child Molesters." That'd help reduce cp AND provide pro-euthenasia info, right ?
If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error.
In fact, it's such a heinous crime against the moral compass of society, it should probably carry the death penalty.
10 PRINT CHR$(205.5+RND(1)); : GOTO 10
"They had a nice demonstration on how to use the internet, the importance of changing your coffee filters and how to reach the exit it was hard to see with all the signs and the people running around but they taught us how to find it. There's a website that will show you how to get to the exit but only if you change your coffee filters or some such."
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Australia's censor system needs a snappy title too.
Since Australia was originally used as a penal colony, I would suggest "The Australian Packet Prison". It has a nice ring to it, and I'm sure some will be offended. To top it off, it works great for Australia bashing.
In fact, it's such a heinous crime against the moral compass of society, it should probably carry the death penalty.
But, if you're looking to reach a website to kill your self... and doing so carries the death penalty... oh... Ooohh!
You're goooood!
You should try to avoid posting about things that you have absolutely no knowledge of.
You must be new here. :-)
John