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Australian Enterprises Block Sex Party's Political Site

Posted by timothy on from the be-the-change-you-want-to-see dept.

schliz writes "Corporate web filters in some organizations are blocking web access to the Australian Sex Party, which is a registered political party that is contesting Australia's upcoming August 21 Federal Election. The site features policies and campaign material, including opposition to the Government's mandatory internet filtering proposal. Party convener Fiona Patten said that although the term 'sex' in the party's website URL could be responsible for its filtering woes, the party is unlikely to consider a name change: 'I think the fact that people are still blocking our site just because of the word "sex" in the name shows that we need this political movement.'"

7 of 160 comments (clear)

  1. Re:A filter method doomed to fail? by deniable · · Score: 2, Funny

    Strangely enough, I still get links to them when I'm looking for information about mSexchange.

  2. Gotta be a condom joke here, somewhere . . . by wrencherd · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Prophylactic filters foil fornicators' free forum . . . film at five!"

  3. Re:Though to ponder. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I'd rather go to expertsexchange.com for my operation than amateurSexChange.com

  4. Re:Though to ponder. by tomhudson · · Score: 3, Funny

    What could be another reason and would that reason be any better?

    Maybe they also have a few other words mixed in that the filters object to:

    "We're upset about business blocking us - we have absolutely no pornographic content whatsoever!" said Marsha Sexsmith, a resident of Cockburn Street, Originally from Scunthorpe, England, she's an anthropologist. She's traveled to Matiti (French Polynesia), Clitheroe, Fistina, Woody Bay (UK), Pisset, Balsac, and Pussy (France), Bastardo (Italy), Hashita (Israel), Youfukyou and Fuxingmen(China), Labia (Egypt), Licking (US) and Titicaca (Titicaca, Peru, Titicaca Creek in the US, and of course Titicaca court in Western Australia). "It's only in Titicaca, Washington, that I saw anything as silly as this! Even Suckstem and Cassman Spring (also in the US) weren't as bad!" Ms. SexSmith was commenting from her campaign office on Fistula Street in Queensland.

  5. Re:sex party? by MoeDumb · · Score: 2, Funny

    Do they have Aussie bestiality bondage? Tie me kangaroo down, sport!

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  6. Re:sex party? by wvmarle · · Score: 2, Funny

    From Wikipedia (ie. probably authored by them, but still they're obviously serious):

    This looks like a copy-paste from the sex party's own web site, the text at a glance is identical as what I just read there. So this is surely authored by them.

    And when it comes to the core points of what a political party stands for, asking them directly is of course the most reliable way to get trustworthy information.

  7. Re:Though to ponder. by Hooya · · Score: 2, Funny

    Pizza Ordered Regularly, Nearly Obviously, Gives Rise to A Phallus Handling Youth??