1). The australian government has *NOT* told people *WHAT* to censor with the software. Only that they have to run it. 2). Guns? A well armed society is a polite society. In any society where people are permited to have concealed weapons, who in thier right mind would rob a bank? Ive never fired a gun, I dont own a gun. But I want a burglar to wonder wether or not I have when he thinks about breaking into my house. 3). If your neighbour wants to build bombs, thats a problem you need to take up with the local authorities, and deal with him on an individual basis instead of trying to change the laws and lives of several hundred thousand people. AND those recipies are available to ANYONE who has a library card. It doesn't take a genius to empty gunpowder from bullets into a pipe, cap both ends and inset a fuse. So if your going for "TRUE CENSORSHIP" light a fire and get down to the library for a good old-fashioned book burning.
What this does, as its been establish, is requires the END user to inform thier ISP that they ARE running a filter of some kind. As others have stated this is not a problem. Simply lie, or simply configure a filter with no blocks on it. That may be an inconvenience for some people who wish to comply with the law. But most people will just say "What? Filter? Oh sure.". Now for the good part.:) And why I hope they impose the same policy here. This ENDS the bullshit legislation. This transfers the responsibility for web content from the site owner/ISP to the individual and takes it out of the governments hands. you cant say "This site is offensive please pass legislation to put an end to it" The government will simply say "Hey remember those filters you said you had installed? USE THEM!" or "Your website made my kids build bombs and test them in their backyards for 6 months and we didn't do a god damned thing about it until they were killed while trying to blow up thier school, im gonna sue your ass for being the cause of it all by having bomb recipies!" again Government: "Hey, FILTER? USE IT!". So im for it. Im ALL for it.
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1). The australian government has *NOT* told people *WHAT* to censor with the software. Only that they have to run it. 2). Guns? A well armed society is a polite society. In any society where people are permited to have concealed weapons, who in thier right mind would rob a bank? Ive never fired a gun, I dont own a gun. But I want a burglar to wonder wether or not I have when he thinks about breaking into my house. 3). If your neighbour wants to build bombs, thats a problem you need to take up with the local authorities, and deal with him on an individual basis instead of trying to change the laws and lives of several hundred thousand people. AND those recipies are available to ANYONE who has a library card. It doesn't take a genius to empty gunpowder from bullets into a pipe, cap both ends and inset a fuse. So if your going for "TRUE CENSORSHIP" light a fire and get down to the library for a good old-fashioned book burning.
What this does, as its been establish, is requires the END user to inform thier ISP that they ARE running a filter of some kind. As others have stated this is not a problem. Simply lie, or simply configure a filter with no blocks on it. That may be an inconvenience for some people who wish to comply with the law. But most people will just say "What? Filter? Oh sure.". Now for the good part. :) And why I hope they impose the same policy here. This ENDS the bullshit legislation. This transfers the responsibility for web content from the site owner/ISP to the individual and takes it out of the governments hands. you cant say "This site is offensive please pass legislation to put an end to it" The government will simply say "Hey remember those filters you said you had installed? USE THEM!" or "Your website made my kids build bombs and test them in their backyards for 6 months and we didn't do a god damned thing about it until they were killed while trying to blow up thier school, im gonna sue your ass for being the cause of it all by having bomb recipies!" again Government: "Hey, FILTER? USE IT!". So im for it. Im ALL for it.