On 1 May 2012, at 18:55, Adrian Kennard wrote:

> I hate to say "I told you so", but when there was campaigning for 100%
> IWF block list take up by ISPs, I spoke out against it. I said it would
> quickly expand beyond its remit. Now we see that, not just within the
> IWF, but by the courts using the monster we have created. We see the
> easy targets first - porn, copyright, terrorism. But you can push it one
> step further every time until you are banning free speech and creating a
> repressive state. It has been seen so many times before and the only way
> to tackle it is at the start - not to allow that thin end of the wedge
> and to suffer the comparatively minor inconvenience that results.

+1

Thomas


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