Glad to read that! I know exactly how easy it is to lose rights to the
wrong government - we spent a looong time under a military dictatorship
and even today some "effects" are being chased off our lives. Censorship
would banish anything from music to child books if one of the "daddys"
had problems with the content. Sad days...
The link I followed early gave me the distinct impression you guys were
heading to 1984 - as in the Orwell book, not the real world 1984.
LF
Anthony Farr escreveu:
Don't worry on our behalf, Luiz. The internet filters are at present only
being trialed by a handful of minor ISPs. The big three ISPs, Telstra,
Optusnet and iiNet, have either rubbished the concept or only want to
participate in order to prove what a piece of crap the concept is.
The government could face a huge electoral backlash over this. The previous
government was dumped by the electorate because of an unpopular labour
reform which was their pet project, their "Emperor's New Clothes". Internet
censorship will be this government's "Emperor's New Clothes" if they aren't
careful.
As well, everyone but the government itself is convinced that the internet
filters can't be mandated without a change in legislation, which the
majority of our Senate opposes. Proposed legislation can't be written into
the constitution until it has a majority vote in the Senate.
You can read about the internet filters here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship_in_Australia#Live_Filtering
_Trials
Regards, Anthony
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
Luiz Felipe
Sent: Thursday, 19 March 2009 2:11 AM
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Subject: Re: Internet Censorship in OZ
...well, now ask the wizard to solve the issue...
Serious, I really feel sad when I get the news about some folks that
surrender their life to any kind of government, elected or not. Hope
they find a way out the muck. Glad the censor doesn't hate Pentax - yet.
LF (no, I'm not in ANY paradise, but then I don't belong paradises- and
we're still trying over here)
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