Hi,
disturbing as the Austalian government's understanding of the internet
may be and has been for long, I think that mail was also a bit
misguided. (Reference quote at the bottom of this mail).
1. This is a development mailing list. Political issues (even important
ones like this) should be discussed elsewhere.
2. This mailing list is international, as is the internet in general.
The mail should have said in the first sentence that "the Government"
refers to the Australian one.
3. The mail states some "facts" about some alleged government plans, but
doesn't say where this information comes from. How can I verify it or
read more about it?
4. The mail directs to a random website, where I am supposed to leave my
e-mail address. The mail should have given some background to increase
trust in that website. Who runs it? What other petitions have been
successfully mediated by that website? Does the website only send a
bunch of e-mails to a certain senator, or does the organizazion engage
in an official petition that has a well-defined legal status (at least
in my non-Australian jurisdiction) and should therefore only be signed
by Australians? If given, where can I verify that information?
5. The subtext of the mail makes it very clear that it has been sent
unchanged to a lot of places. It even sounds like a random
advertisement ("Can you join me..."). That certainly makes people more
inclined to simply regard it as spam (which it may well be) and treat
it as such.
Kind regards,
Hauke Hachmann
On Sunday 30 November 2008, Robbie Cahill wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Did you know the Government is proposing an internet censorship
> scheme that goes further than any other democracy in the world?
>
> I've just signed a petition to prevent the scheme that will make the
> internet up to 87% slower, more expensive, accidentally block up to
> one in 12 legitimate sites, will miss the vast majority of
> inappropriate content and is very easily sidestepped. The government
> of the day may add any ‘unwanted’ site to a secret blacklist under
> the scheme.
>
> Our Government should be doing all in its power to take Australia
> into the 21st century economy, and to protect our children. This
> proposed internet censorship does neither. Can you join me and take
> action on the net today to save the net?
>
> http://www.getup.org.au/campaign/SaveTheNet/442
>
> Thanks!
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