On 27/10/2008, at 1:06 PM, Elias Bizannes wrote: > On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 5:46 PM, Michael Specht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > Why not get behind the existing efforts? > > http://nocleanfeed.com/ > > http://petitions.takingitglobal.org/oznetcensorship > > > I agree and think we should support the EFA's efforts. However > nocleanfeed's petition links to the one above, and in my eyes, > that's not an effective one to get the point across. It needs to be > state based to indicate that voters will threaten their > representatives position in the future, rather than a lump all. > > For a petition to mean anything, its needs to be targeted.
Depends what you want it to mean. Going by your draft, your focus was very much on voting implications for those who support the bill. The one linked above is a more generic 'We really _really_ don't like this.'. Value in both, definitely, but not convinced another petition is going to help that much. Is it worth focusing on other avenues? Perhaps making it clear to the ISPs that they'll lose customers if they sign up on the trial (mind you, it sounds like Internode and iiNet aren't fans of Conroy already - and they're probably the third and fourth biggest ISPs after Telstra and Optus). Or spend the time getting those short video clips happening? There's a bit of grass-network concern happening on this list, on Twitter, etc (the activity today has been awesome) - but we're deep tech people. How do we draw non-technical minded people in, without seeming too radical? Also, another issue to raise in letters, petitions, meetings etc: this filter will slow down the net. The trials have shown that. And this will severely impact the tech businesses here. Quoting Richard Florida, who in turn is paraphrasing Joel Mokyr: > Technical creativity has tended to rise and then fade dramatically > at various times in various cultures, when social and economic > institutions turn rigid and act against it. Pushing the business side of things will help to show it's not just a civil rights issue. I'm sure you business-minded people can do a better job than me :) -- Pat --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Silicon Beach Australia" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
