serfdom? are you talking of regressing to some sort of medieval agrarian existence? and if so how do you extrapolate that from net censorship?
--- On Fri, 31/10/08, Platt Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Platt Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [MD] On the road to serfdom > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Received: Friday, 31 October, 2008, 7:27 AM > >From heroldsun.com. au > > October 29, 2008 > > "AUSTRALIA will join China in implementing mandatory > censoring of the > internet under plans put forward by the Federal Government. > > "The revelations emerge as US tech giants Google, > Microsoft and Yahoo, and > a coalition of human rights and other groups unveiled a > code of conduct > aimed at safeguarding online freedom of speech and privacy. > > "The government has declared it will not let internet > users opt out of the > proposed national internet filter. > > "The plan was first created as a way to combat child > pornography and adult > content, but could be extended to include controversial > websites on > euthanasia or anorexia. > > "Communications minister Stephen Conroy revealed the > mandatory censorship > to the Senate estimates committee as the Global Network > Initiative, > bringing together leading companies, human rights > organisations, academics > and investors, committed the technology firms to > "protect the freedom of > expression and privacy rights of their users". > > "Mr Conroy said trials were yet to be carried out, but > "we are talking > about mandatory blocking, where possible, of illegal > material." > > "The net nanny proposal was originally going to allow > Australians who > wanted uncensored access to the web the option of > contacting their internet > service provider to be excluded from the service. > > Comment: Another step taken by the Left on the road to > serfdom. Looks like > the U.S. is about to follow. > > Platt > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ Search 1000's of available singles in your area at the new Yahoo!7 Dating. Get Started http://au.dating.yahoo.com/?cid=53151&pid=1011 Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
