On Tue, 2008-10-21 at 10:31 +0800, SMITH GARETH wrote: > Hi there, > I don't think this is a bad idea to censor Home/School internet > connections. I think business connections shouldn't be censored as you > can setup your own filtering.
Education Department already filters their internet connections. I am perfectly able and capable of deciding what I do and don't want to look at online. > Optus already block ports 138, 80 and 25 on home connections why not > block some more content. Port blocking is a completely different question to content blocking. > I think censorship is a great idea. Young children need to be censored > from harmful content. They don't need to be exposed to potentially > damaging websites and now with internet on a mobiles, kids are being > exposed to harmful content that they shouldn't see. Hey guess what? That's the parents job. I have three kids, it is my job to determine what is right and wrong for them to view. I also do not need to be subjected to a "Telly Tubby" friendly internet "for the sake of the children". > > I think home internet plans should be filtered and business plans can be > unfiltered. Why? What makes businesses so special? > That way everyone are happy. > Umm no? > China filters the whole internet to the country and this works for them > so it's feasable to do this technically. Censoring the whole internet is > stupid but censoring HOMES and Schools is a great idea. > "firmly committed to a mandatory clean-feed internet to Australian > homes, schools and public computers" In other words "Hey look, a nation well known for abusing basic human rights is doing it, so let's do it as well". Yeah while we're at it, let's jail people for joining a religion or we could try bringing back the death penalty. > Our internet connections are already filtered and intercepted so why not > filter the extra CRAP like PORN out. Isn't that my choice? -- James Purser
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