Haha, it's not spam, unfortunately the only entity that fits your rather heated descriptive words on this topic is the Government of Australia, who are pushing for this filter.
This *is* already happening in Australia and the Government have seriously said they would like it in place. I know, hard to believe. And that's why anyone who values the freedom of the Internet should sign the petition - god knows what could happen in other countries if they see that Australia is able to get such a thing in place. Regards, Casey. On Wed, 2008-11-26 at 22:59 -0600, Brett Patterson wrote: > 1) That, I do believe is a crock of shit! > > 2) If he does anything like that, he will be dead!!! > > > --and-- > > > 3) Anyone who believes in those ideas are fucked up, stupid, and this > I can promise, will NOT make it in this world, dead or alive!!!!! > 4) Like I said, I think this a crock of shit, and possibly spam. > > > On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 9:56 PM, IceKat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > Usually I'm suspicious of this stuff but I happen to know that > Get Up is legit and thought the Aussie members of this list > might like to know about this. > > IceKat. > > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: > http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ******************************************************************* > > Thought you might be interested > > Love Mum > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: GetUp > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 4:17 PM > Subject: The Great Firewall of Australia > > > > > Dear Helen, > > Imagine a government proposing an internet censorship system > that went further than any other democracy - one that made the > internet up to 87% slower, more expensive, accidentally > blocked up to one in 12 legitimate sites, and missed the vast > majority of inappropriate content. > > This is not China, Saudi Arabia or Iran - this is the vision > of Senator Stephen Conroy for Australia. Testing has already > begun. The community must now move to stop this plan. Click > here to save the net: > > www.getup.org.au/campaign/SaveTheNet > > The system that Senator Conroy wants is a mandatory filter of > all internet traffic, with the government of the day able to > add any unwanted site to a secret blacklist. Already, the > wrangling has begun for the inclusion of material relating to > anorexia, euthanasia and gambling. It isn't difficult to see > the scheme is open to abuse. > > Even when it comes to preventing child p-rnography, the filter > will not prevent peer-to-peer sharing and is very simple to > sidestep. The protection of our children is vitally important > - that's why we can't afford to waste funds on this deeply > flawed system. We should be concentrating on solutions that > are more effective and won't undermine our digital economy or > our democratic freedoms. > > This must rank as one of the most ill-thought decisions of the > Rudd Government's first year in power. We need to act now to > tell big brother the mandatory internet filter is incompatible > with the principles of a modern democracy and modern economy: > > www.getup.org.au/campaign/SaveTheNet > > Our government should be doing all in its power to take > Australia into the 21st century economy, and to protect our > children. This proposed internet censorship does neither. Take > action to save the net today. > > Thanks for being a part of the solution, > The GetUp team > > PS - The proposed scheme will pass all internet traffic > through a government filter - it's like asking Australia Post > to filter every letter sent in Australia. 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